以色列与约旦于1994年签署了和约后不久，时任以色列外长的希蒙·佩雷斯（Shimon Peres）提出建设跨境经济合作区以巩固该协议，并以此建成了占地346英亩，横跨海法附近约旦河段以色列和约旦两岸的经济特区 — — 约旦通商工业园。
Shortly after Israel signed its 1994 peace treaty with Jordan, then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres proposed a cross-border joint economic zone to solidify the agreement. This became the Jordan Gateway Industrial Park (JGIP), a 346-acre special economic zone (SEZ) occupying the Israeli and Jordanian banks of the Jordan River near Haifa.