Apartheid Saudi Arabia Thumbs Nose at WTO
Charles Johnson
Sun Dec 25, 2005 at 9:33 pm PST • Views: 168
The apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues its barbaric policy toward Israel, and the World Trade Organization pretends not to notice: First-Degree Boycott of Israel to Continue.
JEDDAH, 22 December 2005 — Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that it would maintain its first-degree boycott of Israeli products despite joining the World Trade Organization (WTO).
An official at the Commerce and Industry Ministry denied reports that the Kingdom had lifted the boycott. “The Kingdom has lifted only the second and third degree boycott of Israel in accordance with a decision taken by the GCC summit 10 years ago,” the official said, adding that the Saudi accession to WTO was not linked to the lifting of the boycott.
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