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Arab delegates meet in Syria for talks on reviving boycott of Israel
By The Associated Press
Tags: Syria, Israel, Arab, boycott

Delegates to a Syrian-based anti-Israel office began talks in Damascus on Monday on ways to revive momentum for the Arab boycott of Israel.

Eight Arab countries stayed away from the four-day meeting, including Egypt and Jordan which have signed peace treaties with Israel.

Those attending the gathering, held twice a year at the headquarters of the Central Boycott Office in Damascus, included delegates from 14 Arab states and the West Bank and Gaza.
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Topping the agenda was the boycott of companies that do business with Israel and ways to abort attempts by some Israeli companies to penetrate Arab markets.

The commissioner general of the organization, Tunisia's Mohammad al-Tayyeb Bouslaa, stressed that the boycott was needed because of the "flagrant Israeli aggression on the Palestinians and the continued Israel occupation of Arab lands."

"Boycott is legitimate and we cling fast to it so long as it is considered a tool of pressure on Israel to force it to bow to give back the usurped Arab lands and rights," Bouslaa told the meeting's opening session.

Mohammad Ajami, head of the Syrian office for the boycott of Israel, told reporters the boycott still remained influential and a popular Arab demand.

"Some Arab countries are committed to the meeting after they have discovered that peace with Israel is a mirage and a lie," Ajami said.

The once-influential Damascus office was set up in 1951 and was funded by the Arab League to track down foreign companies that do business with or support Israel and then ban them from operating in the Arab world.

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      2.   problem is secondary boycotts 18:37  |  Paul Freedman 05/11/07
      3.   Which of the delegates belongs to the WTO? 19:10  |  Michael 05/11/07
      4.   GENIUSES AT WORK 19:27  |  Brant 05/11/07
      5.   STUPID BOYCOTT:http://www.boycottisrael.org.uk 19:47  |  A.Gainst 05/11/07
      6.   Ha! Even with a freakin boycott, we`d still be living in modern 19:50  |  stifffler 05/11/07
      7.   so what was the boycot justifictaion 1948-1967 20:08  |  zionist forever 05/11/07
      8.   And they say Israel doesn`t want peace 20:11  |  Jon 05/11/07
      9.   Showing your true colors 20:20  |  Aaron 05/11/07
      10.   more of the same nonsense 20:39  |  paul 05/11/07
      11.   Better Leave Quickly, Fellows; Damascus is about to Burn. 20:40  |  Mohan 05/11/07
      12.   Companes the Arabs should boycott 21:17  |  Yonatan 05/11/07
      13.   I forgot to mention 21:22  |  Yonatan 05/11/07
      14.   The boycott has sunk Arabs deeper into misery even w/petrodollars 21:42  |  Genuine Tosefta 05/11/07
      15.   Good Idea, even if only symbolic 21:43  |  Natallie Durson 05/11/07
      16.   Funny, Mohammad Ajami, he is a Persian = The Iranian connection 21:49  |  Genuine Tosefta 05/11/07
      17.   Natallie 22:23  |  Brad 05/11/07
      18.   Natallie Moron favors Arabs sinking deeper into their sorry state 22:33  |  Genuine Toseftat 05/11/07
      19.   It works to Israel`s benefit, go for it Arabs, you have always 22:40  |  Genuine Tosefta 05/11/07
      20.   Who Cares they want to boycott Israel boycott Israel what is New! 22:45  |  Gil 05/11/07
      21.   Arab boycott 22:59  |  Martin 05/11/07
      22.   boycott israel 23:21  |  Vince 05/11/07
      23.   Israel is in every respect a paradise compared with 23:25  |  Gil 05/11/07
      24.   Frantic fears that there might actually be peace here 23:30  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 05/11/07
      25.   Boycott all Arab Countries 00:35  |  Cuckoo 06/11/07
      26.   Yonathan # 12 00:38  |  christa 06/11/07
      27.   to Brad 00:44  |  from Canada 06/11/07
      28.   To Gil # 23 Oxymorons 00:44  |  christa 06/11/07
      29.   Vince #22 01:01  |  X` 06/11/07
      30.   Will they ever learn? 01:57  |  Mark B. 06/11/07
      31.   This boycott will hurt 02:08  |  infidel 06/11/07
      32.   NDURSON its not symbolic its Arab delusional behaviour. 02:50  |  PETER SM 06/11/07
      33.   # 13 yontan,you forgot ballestic 02:55  |  terrornator 06/11/07
      34.   WWW.BOYCOTTISRAEL.ORG.UK : says it all 04:11  |  D.Raylar 06/11/07
      35.   Seek and you will find the answers 08:57  |  Wayne 28/12/08
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