被禁数年 巴勒斯坦人收到'迟来'的邮件

Palestinian postal service employees are working overtime to sort through some 10 tons of letters and packages blocked by Israel for up to eight years, Palestinian officials said.

巴勒斯坦官员近日表示，该国邮政员正在加班分拣被以色列扣留长达8年、寄往巴勒斯坦的约10吨的信件与包裹。

The parcels, dating from between 2010 and this year, had been prevented by Israel from entering the West Bank via Jordan but were released in a one-time deal, the officials said.

巴方官员称，这些包裹寄件日期从2010开始到今年，此前以色列一直禁止这些包裹经约旦运入约旦河西岸，但最近一次性放行。

COGAT, the Israeli defense ministry body responsible for civilian coordination in the Palestinian territories, said the release was part of confidence building measures after the two sides agreed on a postal entry deal "about a year ago".

以色列国防部负责巴勒斯坦领土平民事务协调的部门COGAT称，这次放行邮件是以巴双方约一年前达成邮件准入协议后，建立互信的措施之一。

Ramadan Ghazawi, an official at the sorting center in Jericho, said the parcels and letters, mostly the former, had been sent from all over the world.

杰里科邮件分拣中心的官员拉马丹·加扎维表示，这些包裹和信件，主要是包裹来自全球各地。

He said it would take his staff another two weeks to sort through all the parcels and get them delivered to their recipients.

他表示，员工完成所有包裹的分拣和投递还需两周时间。

Many were goods ordered online by Palestinians that never arrived.

许多包裹是巴勒斯坦人网购的商品，但一直未送达。

Some of the transferred goods had been broken, and Ghazawi said that to avoid complaints they were delivering them along with a statement saying Israeli authorities had delivered them in this condition.

一些转运的货物已经损坏，加扎维称，为了避免投诉，他们在运送这些货物的同时还发表了一份声明，称以色列当局在提供给他们货物时就已经是这种情况了。