Arabs to tighten Israeli boycott

Fourteen regional Arab countries have convened a four-day meeting in Syrian capital to discuss ways of tightening their boycott of Israel.
The regional representatives of an Arab initiative that promotes and oversees a boycott of Israel participated in the meeting in Damascus on Monday.
The boycott of companies that do business with Israel and the lifting of a ban imposed on those who have abided by the rules of the boycott were high on the agenda. The issue of attempts by Israeli companies to penetrate Arab markets and other political and economic issues were also to be discussed.
The Commissioner General of the Damascus-based Central Boycott Office, Mohammad Tayyb Boosla"a of Tunisia, told the opening session that the recent "massacre committed by Israeli forces against the Palestinian people demonstrates Israel"s real policy that has
rejected all Arab peace initiatives."
The boycott, he stressed, would remain an "instrument to support the struggle of the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation and to face Israel"s policy that has rejected all peace chances."
Mohammad Ajami, the head of the initiative"s office in Syria, told reporters that some Arab countries "have thought that peace with Israel is near, but that has turned to be a mirage and are fully aware that Israel is persisting in its rejection of peace and of the international legitimacy."
Syria"s Al-Thawra newspaper on Monday described the Arab boycott of Israel as a "peaceful resistance tool" and said its influence would increase as long as there was "a solid will and commitment" on a larger scale in the Arab world.
The meeting Monday brought together representatives from Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Libya, Lebanon, Kuwait, Qatar, Palestine, Tunisia, Yemen and Iraq.

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