RIYADH, 26 October — It seems that some local firms will stop at nothing to make a quick profit. That includes surreptitiously importing goods from Israeli companies, even as the toll from the latest atrocities committed by the Israeli Defense Forces stands at over 40 massacred in the last week alone.
Officials of the Quality Control Laboratory, a subsidiary of the Commerce Ministry, have again foiled an attempt at importing into the Kingdom wheat fiber manufactured in Israel through a German firm.
The ministry has now placed the German firm on its blacklist.
The officials discovered the Star of David and Hebrew inscriptions on the bags while examining samples of a shipment. Immediately, the importer was summoned for investigations, which will be extended by the official committee that organizes the boycott of Israel products.
“Instructions have been issued to quality control personnel to reject all future shipments from the German company,” the statement said.
The ministry warned foreign companies dealing with the Kingdom of the consequences of collaborating with Israeli firms or any other third party to introduce Israeli goods or any product into the Saudi market.
Any company violating this law will be immediately blacklisted.
After warning importers against getting involved in importing other goods from any banned sources, the ministry appealed importers to lay down specific terms in the contracts to protect their interests.
Earlier, the ministry’s laboratories had discovered shipments of fruits and vegetables originated from Israel but re-exported from a third country. The original labels on the packets showing the name of the Israeli company are in the process removed. However, the inner packets still reveal their Israeli source.
On Oct. 11, the Damascus-based Office for the Boycott of Israel (OBI) reinstated an the indirect boycott by blacklisting 15 foreign companies that had dealings with the Jewish state.
The move came in response to Israeli attacks against Palestinians.
The Arab League set up the OBI on May 19, 1951. The executive office’s main job is to update every six months a “blacklist” of Israeli companies or foreign companies dealing with Israel.
