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Article: Boycott of Israel in question. (Arab boycott of companies trading with Israel)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
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- May 24, 1991
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Boycott of Israel in question
The Arab boycott of Israel is being pronounced dead amid signs that Kuwait is easing its ban on companies that do business with the Jewish state. Leading Japanese manufacturers are reported to be planning to start selling to Israel, and Coca-Cola has been formally dropped from the boycott list. Edmund O'Sullivan evaluates the significance of these developments and the lessons for companies trading with the Middle East
The 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Damascus-based Arab Boycott of Israel office is being marked with a new flurry of speculation that the oldest, and probably the most effective, effort to isolate a ...