RAMALLAH, West Bank — During the high season extending from June 20 until the month of October, Palestinians in the West Bank will be allowed to travel to Jordan around the clock on weekdays. On Fridays and Saturdays, passage will be restricted to three hours from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. through the crossing known as the Allenby Bridge and the King Hussein of Jordan Bridge, which links the Palestinian territories to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Following this trial period and once further preparations are complete, travel will be allowed around the clock all year long, starting in early 2018. The agreement to open the crossing was concluded in coordination between the Palestinian, Israeli and Jordanian authorities.
This development comes as part of an Israeli economic aid package provided to the Palestinian Authority. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, who heads Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, announced June 1 over Facebook that he had informed Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh at a meeting held May 31 in the presence of Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon of Israel's approval of a number of economic concessions to the Palestinians, including the opening of the Israeli Allenby crossing for 24 hours a day.