Ninety-seven ships have been added to the Arab League’s anti-Israel blacklist, according to a report received here by Le Monde, leading French newspaper. The action was taken at the meeting of the Anti-Israel Boycott Committee at Damascus.
The owners of these vessels are being “punished” for transporting cargoes to Israel. The vessels will receive, in Arab ports, only minimal services, just enough to enable them to get to the next port. Of the total of new ship names added to the boycott list, 17 are American-owned, while 35 are British, nine French, five German, and six Turkish.
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