Arab countries meeting in Syria renewed calls for an economic boycott of Israel. The Arab boycott of Israeli products — and of foreign companies that do business with Israel — began in 1951, but has not succeeded in recent years, due largely to peace agreements Israel has signed with Arab countries, specifically Egypt and Jordan.
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