The United States is helping Arab terrorism by shutting off air parcel post shipments to Israel, Congressman Richard L. Ottinger charged in a letter today to Postmaster General Winton M. Blount protesting the Post Office Department’s failure to arrange for El Al airlines to carry parcel post between the U.S. and Israel. Last week, the Democratic Congressman from New York noted. Trans World Airlines admitted that because of bomb threats it is refusing to carry parcel post shipments over 5 ounces to Israel despite the fact that U.S. postal authorities hold such shipments in isolation for 48 hours. “Instead of contracting for parcel post shipments with El Al which has expressed willingness to carry such cargo between Israel and the U.S..” Mr. Ottinger charged, “the Post Office Department claims the best it can do is put parcel post on ships to the Middle East. This is caving in to Arab blackmail and jeopardizing Israel’s economy.”
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