A total of 307 companies and 635 ships are on the Arab boycott list for trading with Israel, according to figures published by the boycott office in Amman, it was reported here today, The figures were released on the eve of the opening tomorrow in Tripoli, Lybia of a conference of all Arab boycott liaison officers
Four hundred and fifty-seven of the blacklisted ships are on the complete blacklist, which means that they cannot even obtain drinking water at Arab ports. Countries having the largest numbers of ships blacklisted were the United States, France, Britain and Turkey.
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