Boycott Watch has
reported that the Arab League sanctions against Syria for the murders of
their own protesting citizens are a farce, and a recent report about the
sanctions by Al Jazeera
Television proves Boycott Watch is right.
Boycott Watch has
previously reported that the Arab League cannot truly suspend Syria because
Syria is the home of the Central Boycott of Israel office, which is the basis
for the existence of the Arab League itself, a topic covered in depth in the
groundbreaking book Boycotting
Peace by Fred Taub, the President of Boycott Watch. In fact, the Arab
League completely backed-off from its threat of suspending Syria for that very
same reason Boycott Watch stated, and because Syria is also the home of the
Arab world's patent system.
"Trade in the Arab world is highly dependant on Syria
for both making sure no Jewish, not just Israeli products enter the Arab world,
as part of their boycott of Jews, not just Israel, which stated in 1910, 38
years before Israel was established" said Fred Taub. "In the Arab
world, product protection, including the Arab rights to profit from copies of
Israeli inventions, are all regulated in Syria. That is why the Arab League
cannot put real sanctions on Syria and why the Arab League backed-off and only
posted rules that do not actually matter. The Arab world cannot allow their
patent rights system to fall apart because if they did, the Arab world's
economy would collapse resulting in the overthrow of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the
UAE and other Arab dictatorships. The Arab kings will not and cannot allow that
to happen."
Fred Taub is referring to the three main sanctions the Arab
League imposed: A Freeze on financial aid from Arab countries to Syria which is
meaningless since Syria is a major center of Arab commerce; a travel ban for
senior Syrian officials which won't happen anyhow since all senior Syrian
officials are a little busy right now dealing with the riots they face; and
lastly, ending transactions with the Syrian central bank which does not matter
since the Arab world can work with other banks for transactions in and with
Syria.
Most strikingly, in a statement on Al-Jazeera Television,
Syria reported they removed 95-96% of their money from their central bank
anyhow. Why would they remove the funds from their own bank? Simply because the
entire world knew sanctions were being planned, but considering the size of the
transactions needed to protect Syria from economic collapse if their central
bank was suddenly cut-off, the cash move clearly indicates Syria must have been
tipped-off in advance from the Arab League.
That is why Boycott Watch calls it PR-sanctions - Syria knew
what was coming and moved funds with the blessing of the Arab League to make
sure the sanctions had no teeth. Had the Arab League actually wanted to harm
Syria economically, they would have closed transactions to all banks in or
dealing with Syria, which they Arab League did not do, proving the sanctions
are a total farce.
"These are not real sanctions" said Fred Taub.
"It is just a public relations game just as I said it was. Syria is simply
operating with their funds moved to other banks in the Arab world, proving the
Arab League is doing nothing more than providing lip-service to make the world
think they taking action, but they don't care. Commerce between Syria and the
rest of the Arab world is still in place and unimpeded. Had the Arab League
really cared about the safety of Syrian citizens, they would have intervened
militarily months ago, but that has not happened and the farce sanctions
indicate the Arab world has no intention taking any real concrete actions to
protect Syrian citizens. While the West may be fooled, the Arab street is not
stupid - We are seeing a message to the Arab street that all Arab governments,
not just Syria, will not tolerate popular uprisings. Egypt is currently a great
example of that principle."
Fred Taub is the President of Boycott Watch, regularly
appears as a boycott expert in the media and his work has been cited in two
cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In his book
Boycotting Peace, Fred Taub
details the history of the Arab League, its founding principal and their main
focus today of coordinating the Arab boycott of Israel and Jews in general.
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