A British company rejected a five-figure Syrian contract because it contained an anti-Jewish clause, the Financial Times reported today. The company, which trades with both Israel and the Arab states, requested that its identity remain undisclosed. The offending clause stipulated that the contract would become null and void if its execution was dependent in any way on “direct or indirect relations with Israel…or on suspected persons, especially Jewish.” Dr. Alec Lerner, chairman of the Anglo-Israeli Chamber of Commerce, said it was the first proviso against Jews rather than against “Zionists” that he had seen in an Arab trade document.
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