3 Japanese Firms Continue Boycott
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fice in Damascus that despite do business with Hitachi met
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"We have been trading intense pressures, it will with rebuffs or excuses. The
with the United Arab Repub- continue to refuse -to deal League cited the experience
of a major Israeli firm which
lic and considered starting with Israel."
In 1965, Hitachi wrote ADL was notified in 1970 that
with Israel business. How-
ever, we encountered boy- that it "has never had a pol- Hitachi refused to enter into
cott threats from the United icy of discriminating any direct business with Israel
Arab Republic against our particular country against because "it might be against
trade with Israel. Under the another. Although Hitachi our top policy from (sic)
pressure of the Egyptian does not have an office in Is- highly political reasons to
boycott threat we are unable rael, we are willing to do have a closer connection
business there as well as in with you."
to do anything."
other countries through
In July, 1971, with the Is-
Later in 1970, however, agents or trading com-
raeli
firm still pressing for
Toyota told Americans it
panies."
franchise rights, Hitachi said
planned to trade with Israel
Despite this pledge, re-
and sent a representative peated efforts by Israelis to it could not "make a direct
export to Israel due to a
open
there ostensibly to
political situation, in front of
negotiations
the United Arab Republic"
"Nothing came of the five-
and suggested that a Swiss
BARING HALTER TOP DRESSES IN
day visit; they refused and
importer might be interested.
continue to refuse an Israeli
COOL, COTTON SCREEN PRINTS!
In April, 1972, Hitachi
franchise. The visit was
again
notified
the
Israeli
Floral print blossoms in
simply another Toyota de-
firm that it would not deal
ception on Americans who
beautiful colors! Daring
with Israel because "we do
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purchased some 300,000 To-
lace insert at midriff.
not
foresee
any
settlement
The
paper
made
no
men-
yotas last year," Peirez said.
tion of the Palestine question, of the conflict between Arab
Machine wash. Jr. Sizes.
said.
He added that "Nissan's although some observers took and Israel . . ." That year,
antics are hardly less cir- the reference to "means" Hitachi also refused to par-
MISSES' DRESSES
cuitous." Here, too, he de- as a justification of Israeli ticipate in the International
clared there has been "a military ventures against Trade Fair in Israel, giving
IN DOUBLEKNITS
as its reason the "political
consistent and unending flow Palestine guerrilla groups.
The paper called on Chris- poEiiton in which Hitachi,
of meaningless promises re-
garding trade with Israel." tians to abandon age-old ster- Ltd. is now standing."
Finally, in February, 1973,
Peirez pointed out that eotypes of the Jew. This in-
"with declining sales of Dat- cludes, the document declar- after considerable corre-
suns in this country, Nissan ed, dropping the false accu- spondence by the Israeli firm
Polyester knit ma-
recently floated a false story sation that Jews are "guilty to Hitachi and the latter's
chine washes, needs
for
the
passion
and
death
of
Swiss
importer,
the
Swiss
in the international edition
no ironing. Pretty
firm wrote the Israeli com-
of Newsweek and other pub- Jesus Christ."
Rabbi Kaplan said this pany:
lications that its Datsun cars
pastel prints.
and trucks are soon to be finding of the episcopate "re-
"Your letter of 25th Janu-
paired
the
gravest
omission"
sold in Israel."
ary (1973) has been carefully
Almost simultaneously, he of previous conciliatory texts examined and we regret to
declared, "our investigation issued by the Catholics.
inform you that we have
USE WARDS
The document took excep- little chance to start selling
revealed that Nissan had as-
CONVENIENT
sured the Arab Boycott Of- tion to some traditional Hitachi . . . to Israel because
CHARG-ALL
church notions when it said you insist in obtaining writ-
that "We cannot deduce from ten evidence from Hitachi
CREDIT PLAN
Dinitz: Israel Would the New Testament that the appointing you as official
JUST SAY
Jewish people have been representative in Israel . . .
Welcome Increased
"CHARGE IT"
stripped
of
their
election."
Hitachi . . . already informed
U.S. Interest in M.E.
According to Rabbi Kap-
NEW YORK (JTA) — Is- lan, this finding marked the you that sale to Israel by
rael's new ambassador, Sim- first time that the French them is prohibited because
ha Dinitz, vigorously defend- Episcopate sought to deepen of their business connection
ed his nation against charges the dignity of the Jewish peo- with the Arabs. We would
never dare to let you have
of militarism here, said that ple's permanent vocation.
any official declaration on
commando raids on El Fatah
Finally, the document de-
headquarters in Beirut were fended the right of conver- such a delicate question."'
On Thursday the Bnai Brith
intended to teach the terror- sion: "We must recognize
ists that they are not safe the right of everyone to ex- Youth Organization scheduled
even in Arab countries, and
tend his worship without be- a rally in New York to pro-
said Israel would welcome ing suspected of wanting to test JAL's economic boycott
increased American interest
of Israel.
in the Middle East now that separate another person from
his
community
in
a
blame-
its military role in Vietnam
worthy manner. Far from
has ended.
AT ALL
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