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Article: Arab League Calls for Boycott, Demands an End to All Aliya: 'Completely Outrageous,' Says IPF's Sonnenfeldt
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Lake, Eli
Forward
04-07-2000
Arab League Calls for Boycott, Demands an End to All Aliya: `Completely
Outrageous,' Says IPF's Sonnenfeldt
By ELI LAKE
FORWARD STAFF
WASHINGTON -- The Arab League is demanding an end to Jewish immigration to
Israel, calling for a boycott of scientific events in Jerusalem and drawing
a distinction between terrorism and "resistance to foreign occupation."
The resolutions were passed in Cairo by a consensus vote of Arab League
ambassadors on March 28. The meeting included ambassadors from Jordan and
Egypt, two nations that have signed peace treaties with Israel.
The moves by the Arab League are raising concerns from the government of
Israel and from American Jewish leaders, ...