Erez Crossing

Coordinates: 31°33′29.52″N 34°32′41.42″E / 31.5582000°N 34.5448389°E / 31.5582000; 34.5448389 The Erez Crossing (Hebrew: מעבר ארז‎) is a pedestrian/cargo terminal on the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier. It is located in the northern end of the Gaza Strip, on the border with Israel.

It is part of a complex formerly including the Erez Industrial Park.

The crossing is currently restricted to Arab residents under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority and to Egyptian nationals or international aid officials only.

The modern hangar-style building is large, with an area of about 35,000 m² (375,000 sq ft) and capable of handling 45,000 people per day. It currently (September 2nd, 2014) only handles 400 people per day. It was completed in 2007 at a cost of $60 million. (Per the New York Times article by Jodi Rudoren "Gaza Crossing" published September 2, 2014.)

The crossing connects Israel's Highway 4 with Gaza's Salah al-Din Road. Until the early 1970s, the rail line which connected Israel and Gaza also passed through Erez Crossing. Nowadays the railway in the Gaza Strip is dismantled and on the Israeli side, Israel Railways' active rail line ends about 4.5 km northeast of the crossing, though in the future it may be re-extended to the crossing to provide cargo service to the Gaza Strip.

Erez

Erez (Hebrew: אֶרֶז, lit. Cedar), is a kibbutz in south-western Israel. Located in the north-western Negev around 18 kilometres south of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 333.

History

Erez is named after the first nucleus that settled the kibbutz. They were members of the Noar Oved nucleus from Petah Tikva. They originally settled on ground in the area of Or HaNer in 1949.

In 1950, they were resettled in its current location on land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Dimra.

Economy

The kibbutz has three main industries; agriculture (arable and fruit farming as well as animal husbandry), manufacturing (the "Erez Thermoplastics Products" company manufactures plastic covered materials) and research and development.

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