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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 16:51 08/11/2007 Arab envoys to Syria meeting call for tightening boycott of Israel By The Associated Press tags: Israel, Syria, boycott  Arab delegates meeting in a Syria-based office for boycotting Israel wrapped up four days of talks Thursday with demands for a tightening of the anti-Israel ban among Arab nations. The meeting blacklisted six companies, mostly European, that do business with Israel and lifted a ban on four other companies, deemed to have abided by the boycott rules, a statement from the anti-Israeli group said. The names of the companies involved were not disclosed. Advertisement Eight Arab countries stayed away from the meeting, including Egypt and Jordan which have signed peace treaties with Israel. The Damascus meeting, held twice a year at the headquarters of the Central Boycott Office in the Syrian capital, drew delegates from 14 Arab states and Palestinian territories. The meeting's agenda probed ways to abort attempts by some Israeli companies to penetrate Arab markets. The delegates said that a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East was still a strategic option for the Arabs, but underscored the importance of a wide Arab and Islamic boycott of Israel as a legitimate tool for self-defense, the statement said. The boycott is also a pressing tool to force Israel to bow to the resolutions of international legitimacy, it added. Head of the Central Boycott Office, Tunisia's Mohammad al-Tayyeb Bouslaa, told reporters that Israel was trying to penetrate Arab markets under different names. Mohammad Bousbeih, a Palestinian delegate, said boycotting Israel was important and influential, stressing that the Arab world can offer peace but not surrender to Israel. Bousbeih sought to downplay allegations the Damascus Office group was losing momentum by saying that the Arab countries which didn't attend were unable to come to the meeting for technical reasons. 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. Related articles: Syrian envoy to U.S. dismisses Annapolis summit as 'waste' PA: Final accord within six months of Annapolis Bookmark to del.icio.us Preface to peace? The U.S. has rejected Abbas' demand for a schedule for the final-status agreement. Crowd control The IFA has banned Beitar Jerusalem fans from two home games for booing Rabin.   1.   What About Hariri? 17:18  |  Yosemite 08/11/07   2.   What a signal of peace!!! 18:02  |  Alain 08/11/07   3.   Good for them, the boycott means deeper misery for Arabs 18:06  |  Genuine Tosefta 08/11/07   4.   Good for them, the boycott means deeper misery for Arabs 18:39  |  Genuine Tosefta 08/11/07   5.   poor things 19:02  |  israeli 08/11/07   6.   START WITH GAZA 19:05  |  utagawa 08/11/07   7.   Negative Peanut Gallery 20:07  |  Mohan 08/11/07   8.   Genuine T. - this is "collective punishment" 20:17  |  Polybios 08/11/07   9.   # 1 Yosemite 20:26  |  Lynn 08/11/07   10.   The boycott of Israel is keeping the Arab world underdeveloped 20:41  |  Briton 08/11/07   11.   we have to publicized all the names ... 20:52  |  felix 08/11/07   12.   has anyone told bush and condi about this ?/ 23:05  |  victor hardman 08/11/07

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