Jordanian Campaign Against Israeli Goods

The head of the Commission Engneer Badi El-Rafay’a said, "The Commission has decided to launch this campaign after the Syrian authorities confiscated July 5, five Jordanian trucks carrying Israeli electric sets, smuggled into Iraq across the Syrian borders."

He added that the Commission has demanded the Chamber of Industry and Trade and the Syndicate of Drivers to abort any attempts to transport Israeli goods to the Iraqi markets and work with trade unions to confront all forms of normalization in order to protect Jordan and the Arab nation from the dangers of "Zionism."

The JSNRC, that includes representatives of 14 syndicates, has pointed out that transporting Israeli goods across Jordan is stipulated under a protocol with Israel by virtue of the peace treaty called "Wadi Arabah" and concluded in 1994.

"Israel attempts to penetrate the Iraqi arena and exerts efforts to weaken the scientific and economic capabilities of Iraq, control its political decisions through Israel’s relationships with the interim Iraqi government and to isolate it from the Arab and Islamic nations and its main issues."

No Jordanian daily or weekly papers responded positively to publishing the ads of the Jordanian Syndicate Normalization Resistance Commission, except for the weekly Islamic Sabil, affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood group in Jordan.

El-Rafay’a said that the negative response to the campaign was due to the governmental and security pressures practiced on the editors in chief of those papers.

"The campaign will keep its momentum," he said, pointing out that no responses have been recorded by the public in favor of this campaign.

He added that the Commission that supervises the campaign derives its legality from the general authorities of trade unions that confront any attempt to normalize relations with Israel.

The regulations of Jordanian syndicates prohibit their members from dealing with Israel.

The Jordanian government expresses its dissatisfaction with the activities of the Jordanian Syndicate Normalization Resistance Commission; a matter that led the government to ban it and deem it illegal under the pretext that it "destroys the national economy and defames people."