End Boycott

End the Arab Boycott of Israel

  •   Unless we tame the Islamist tiger, a decade from now we will look back and lament.
  • 3/7/2013
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    Ed Husain, New York Times
     
    I recently visited Israel and the West Bank for the first time. I am Muslim and in Muslim communities around the world to visit Israel is to support “the Zionist entity” and therefore risk social isolation. Not only is this mind-set outdated, it is self-defeating.
     
    The Arab League began its boycott of Zionist goods back in 1945 and later created a Central Boycott Office to ensure minimal Arab contact with Israel. In reality, the Gulf states and others circumvent this policy, but the Arab and Muslim masses have yet to break free from the mind-set of boycotting all things Israeli. READ MORE...
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