SAUDI BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL TO CONTINUE

Saudi Boycott of Israel to Continue (Arab News-Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday that it would maintain its first-degree boycott of Israeli products despite joining the World Trade Organization. An official at the Commerce and Industry Ministry denied reports that the kingdom had lifted the boycott. "The kingdom has lifted only the second and third-degree boycott of Israel," the official said.

AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE U.S. SOLD SAUDI ARABIA'S JOINING THE WTO BY TELLING THE U.S. PUBLIC THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE THEIR DROPPING THE BOYCOTT.