Brazil adopts free trade with Palestinian Authority in show of support
Brazil’s foreign ministry said the free trade agreement was “a concrete contribution to an economically viable Palestinian state, which can live peacefully and harmoniously with its neighbours”.
Palestinian ambassador in Brasilia, Ibrahim Al Zeben, told the Reuters news agency that Brazil’s decision was “courageous, supportive and timely” and an “effective way to support peace in Palestine.”
Israel has blocked exports from the Gaza Strip since early September last year, while the Palestinian economy in the occupied West Bank has also suffered under intense Israeli restrictions.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been a vocal support of Palestine
A symbolic gesture as long as the genocide in Gaza and war on the West Bank continue. Not much trade can get in or out of the West Bank and Gaza's economy has been bombed to the ground. Even if the blockade was lifted today it would be years to build up Gaza's economy again.
