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Saudi
Arabia Warns Of Egyptian Companies Linked To Israel, Paper
RIYADH,
July 13 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Osama El-Faqih, Saudi
Arabian Minister of commerce, asked Saudi importers to be cautious
when dealing with 15 Egyptian companies that have commercial ties with
Israel, a Saudi paper reported Saturday, July 13.
He
advised Saudis to be “alert and extremely strict when examining
cargos coming from these companies,” Al-Jazira paper said.
The
importing companies and their agents who will facilitate the entering
of any Israeli goods into Saudi Arabia could face legal problems, in
addition to being blacklisted and risking to loose their license to
operate inside the country.
The
paper also added that the office of boycotting Israel, located in
Damascus, sent a letter to these Egyptian companies warning them
against allowing any Israeli goods into the Arab markets under the
label of Egypt.
The
list of the names of these companies, published in the paper, included
Carmel, Agroland, Safe Agreet, Star Seeds Egypt, Agro chemicals, Peco,
Heriza, Heifa and Kelal, and Maghraby Agriculture group.
It
also included tourism companies of Dahab, Nepton, Hilton, and Misr, in
addition to the International company for Navigation, and the Hilton
hotel.
The
Saudi officials have started an investigation at the beginning of 2002
about a contract between a local company to import cellular phones
made in Israel through a foreign company.
Boycotting
Israel has become very popular in Saudi Arabia since the start of the
Palestinian Intifada in September 2002 and the continuous Israeli
atrocities against the Palestinian population.
The
Arab league established the Office of boycotting Israel in 1951 and
issued two blacklists yearly in which it listed the names of the
Israeli companies, in addition to the companies affiliated to them in
a way or another.
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