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Jordanian workers urged not to handle Israeli goods

Mohammad Ben Hussein, Jordan Times
11 July 2010

AMMAN - The national anti-normalisation committee on Saturday called on labourers across the Kingdom to reject companies that handle Israeli goods.

Anti-normalization Committee of Jordanian professional unions
protest against normalization with Israel

“Workers should stop moving Israeli goods by land, sea and air and refuse to deal with ships that travel to Israel,” he said in a letter sent to the GFJTU.

Last month, Swedish dockworkers launched a week-long boycott of cargo to and from Israel following the deadly attack on the aid flotilla.

Reports indicated around 1,500 members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union launched the boycott because of the attack on the aid convoy and the continued siege on the coastal enclave.

Mansour said Jordanians should be at the frontline to confront Israel’s “agenda in the region”.

“We are supposed to be spearheading the anti-Israel campaign. People from across the world already know Israel’s plans in the Arab and Muslim worlds, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, which suffer from occupation,” he added, stressing that Jordan serves as an ideal place to “stand up to Israel and its plans to infiltrate Arab society”.

Original title: Committee urges workers to reject companies that deal with Israeli goods

Source: http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=28197&searchFor=Hamzah%20Mansour

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