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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Arab boycott

Palestinians holds posters asking for the boycotting of Israeli products during a rally in the West Bank city of Hebron on October 28, 2023. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
November 6, 2023, 2:54 pm
‘Did you kill a Palestinian?’: War sparks anti-West boycott across Arab world
People angered by support for Israel’s offensive against Hamas shun McDonald’s, KFC, Coca-Cola and more; apps identify banned products, billboards promote boycott
By AFP and ToI Staff
Arab League foreign ministers meet during an annual meeting in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
October 8, 2022, 2:59 am
US expands penalties for complying with Arab League boycott of Israel
Firms that adhere to embargo must now tell the US government when settling charges, as Abraham Accord countries discard decades-old protocol but Iraq, Syria double down
By Ron Kampeas
Sudanese demonstrate in support of their people in Sudan, in south Tel Aviv, on April 13, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90 /File)
April 19, 2021, 11:04 pm
Sudan officially annuls 63-year Israel boycott law
Removal of 1958 legislation barring ties with Jewish state approved in joint vote of ruling sovereignty council and cabinet
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen (L) meets with Sudanese Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim in Khartoum on January 25, 2021 (Courtesy)
April 13, 2021, 10:13 am
Talks underway for Sudanese security delegation to visit Israel – report
Planned trip would come amid normalization drive after ministers in Khartoum voted to annul Israel boycott law
By ToI Staff and Agencies
This combination of pictures created on October 23, 2020, shows an Israeli flag during a rally in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on September 19, 2020; and a Sudanese flag during a gathering east of the capital Khartoum on June 3, 2020. (JACK GUEZ and ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)
April 6, 2021, 7:42 pm
Sudanese ministers vote to annul Israel boycott law amid normalization drive
Cancellation of 1958 legislation barring ties with Jewish state must still be approved in joint vote of cabinet and ruling sovereignty council
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Yossi Klein Halevi
September 15, 2020, 11:46 am
Yossi Klein Halevi
The prerequisite for peace is Israeli power – and pragmatism
Military might and economic strength helped lead to normalization with the UAE and Bahrain, as did the willingness to back down on annexation
Jared Kushner (right) meets Bahrain's king and crown prince in Manama in early September, 2020, in an image posted by Ivanka Trump on September 12 (Twitter)
September 14, 2020, 1:07 pm
Bahrain won’t have to abolish Israel boycott law — because it did so years ago
As opposed to UAE, tiny island kingdom withdrew legislation in 2005 after inking free-trade agreement with US; Manama currently busy rescinding other anti-Israel rules
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Al Arz Tahini is a great choice for Ilana Muhlstein’s sweet Purim sauce. (Courtesy)
July 24, 2020, 9:47 am
Israeli diplomats buy tahini boycotted over LGBT support
Dozens of officials purchase more than 600 pounds of Al Arz paste to support Arab Israeli businesswoman
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: Al Arz Tahini is a great choice for Ilana Muhlstein’s sweet Purim sauce. (Courtesy)
July 9, 2020, 6:19 pm
Tahini maker faces Arab Israeli boycott calls after donating to LGBT group
Nazareth-based Al Arz says it ‘will continue to be an open house and empower disadvantaged sectors whatever they may be’; top Arab MK voices support
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a meeting with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (not seen), at the State Department in Washington, November 22, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
November 25, 2019, 6:02 pm
Pompeo urges Arab states to abandon boycotts of Israel
US secretary of state advocates engagement with Jerusalem and says proponents of regional peace ‘shouldn’t face retribution,’ cautions that divisions only cause instability
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Demonstrators protesting outside the Spanish government delegation in Barcelona, October 20, 2015. (Albert Llop/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via JTA)
November 21, 2019, 6:51 pm
Gathering in London, Arab intellectuals advocate stronger relations with Israel
At inaugural meeting of the Arab Council for Regional Integration, participants decry boycotts of Jewish state as harming the Arab world economically and politically
By Sam Sokol
Spectators hold a huge flag depicting Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock shrine during a match between Palestinian team Hilal al-Quds and Morocco's Raja Casablanca in the Arab Champions Cup at Faisal Husseini stadium in the town of al-Ram, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on October 3, 2019. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
October 3, 2019, 9:21 pm
In first, Moroccan soccer team plays in West Bank, Saudis next
Thursday’s game between Raja Casablanca and Palestinian team Hilal al-Quds outside Jerusalem marks slow shift in Arab attitudes on playing in Palestinian areas
By Hossam Ezzedine
Illustrative: Screen capture from video of a Kuwait Airways airliner taking off. (YouTube/LAXSPOTTER97)
September 25, 2018, 5:32 pm
German court upholds Kuwait Airways’ barring of Israeli passenger
Judges slam Kuwait’s ‘unacceptable’ boycott of Jewish state, but say national carrier has right to refuse service to Israelis
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Kuwait Airways airplane approaching Heathrow Airport in London, England. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
August 8, 2018, 2:56 pm
Kuwait Air to compensate Israeli for refusing to fly her — report
Airline has already been forced to cancel lucrative routes over policy of barring Israelis; attorneys for Israeli plaintiff say its London flight may now be in jeopardy
By ToI Staff
Jeannie Harrison (Facebook)
April 17, 2018, 11:42 pm
Wife of Israeli envoy in Senegal advised not to go to event after Arab objection
Jeannie Harrison, wife of Ambassador Paul Hirschson, told by French envoy’s spouse her presence at diplomatic gathering would be ‘uncomfortable for many’
By Michael Bachner
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