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Gulf war, when America
came to the aid of nations
like Saudi Arabia (a leading
supporter of the boycott.)
"In the early days of the
war, when Saudi Arabia
wanted American support,
the Saudis were talking a
real moderate line. But ever
since the war ended, they've
gone back to their old ways.
It's time the United States
and others call them to
task."
"Anything that will ease
the Arab boycott certainly
will be welcomed by us,"
added Moshe Fox of the
Israeli Consul General for
the Midwest. "We'd like it to
be abolished altogether."
Following on the heels of
the Lieberman, Schumer
and Torricelli bills is a letter
66 House members sent late
last month to Robert
Mosbacher, urging the
commerce secretary to
pressure Saudi Arabia and
Kuwait to end the economic
boycott of Israel.
Cosponsored by Reps. An-
thony Beilenson and
Howard Berman, both
Democrats from California,
the letter said a boycott re-
nunciation is "the very least
that could be expected" of
the two Arab nations now
that the Gulf war is over.
A spokesman for Mr.
Mosbacher said a measure
enforcing the contents of the
letter is being prepared for
the secretary's signature. It
should be ready within the
next week, she said.
Saudi Arabia has made no
efforts toward ending the
anti-Israel boycott, but
Kuwait has taken some
steps in that direction, ac-
cording to American Jewish
Congress General Counsel
Will Maslow. Mr. Maslow is
editor of Boycott Report, an
AJCongress publication that
charts nations and com-
panies that refuse to do
business with Israel.
Raed al-Rifai, a spokesman
for the Kuwaiti Embassy,
said Kuwait has imposed
"no restrictions on products
entering the country" be-
cause of the need to rebuild
after the war. But he said
Kuwait continues to
"boycott companies with
direct ties with Israeli capi-
tal."
Before the war, Kuwait,
together with Saudi Arabia,
was a leading proponent of
the boycott, Mr. Maslow
said. He attributed this in
part to the fact that Palesti-
nians manned the Kuwait
boycott office. This staff has
since dispersed, "and now
Kuwaitis hate Palestinians
more than Israel because Pa-
lestinians supported (Iraqi
Sen. Lieberman:
Bill to end the boycott.
leader Saddam) Hussein
during the Gulf war."
Twenty Arab nations com-
ply with some aspect of the
anti-Israel boycott, which
includes three levels of par-
ticipation. The primary level
demands no recognition of
the Jewish state and forbids
commerce with Israel. The
secondary boycott blacklists
companies with any econ-
omic ties to Israel. A third
phase blacklists firms doing
business with companies
that buy from or sell to
Israel.
The number of interna-
tional companies refusing to
do business with Israel be-
cause of the boycott is im-
possible to gauge, Mr.
Maslow said. But he
estimated the financial
effect of the boycott to be
about $1 billion annually.
Kobi Halifa, economic af-
fairs director at the Israeli
Consul General for the Mid-
west, said the Arab boycott
"has definitely damaged
Israel. A lot of companies
refuse even to sell their pro-
ducts in Israel, not to men-
tion considering investments
or opening affiliates there."
American law forbids
compliance with the secon-
dary and tertiary aspects of
the boycott.
The Lieberman and
Schumer bills represent the
first serious American
efforts to end the Arab
boycott of Israel, the
AJCongress' Mr. Maslow
said. But the problem could
be taken care of much more
quickly if the U.S. govern-
ment would simply exert
pressure, he added.
"If (Secretary of State
James) Baker would just
demand that Kuwait an-
nounce it is no longer par-
ticipating in the boycott,
Kuwait will do it," Mr.
Maslow said. "Americans
sacrificed their lives for
Kuwait during the war. (En-
ding the boycott) is the least