<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Planned mid-East rail network to exclude Israel until Palestinian situation is&nbsp;resolved]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Monday, 14 March 2011 13:00</p>
<p>The proposed rail network across the Middle East will not include  Israel unless the Palestinian issue is resolved, according to Jordan’s  Minister of Transport. Muhannad Al Qudah said that the project will  include Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia as well as the Jordanian port of  Aqaba, but not Israel at the moment.</p>
<p>The Israeli Ministry of Transportation has submitted an official  tender to construct parts of the Hijazi railway line connecting Haifa in  Israel-Palestine with Irbid in Jordan, via the town of Beit She&#8217;an in  the Jordan Valley. This line will be linked to the railway network in  Israel.</p>
<p>Jordanian sources also report that a meeting between Jordan and  Israel will be held on Monday 14th at the King Hussein Bridge in the  Jordan Valley, to discuss issues of mutual interest, including the  Jordanian-Israeli agricultural committees.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2141-planned-mid-east-rail-network-to-exclude-israel-until-palestinian-situation-is-resolved">Planned mid-East rail network to exclude Israel until Palestinian situation is resolved</a>.</p>
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