Wide Arab calls to boycott UAE products due to its alliance with Zionist entity

SANAA, Oct. 25 (YPA) – Widespread Arab and Islamic calls have escalated to boycott UAE products due to its alliance with the Zionist entity in light of the horrific war crimes committed by Tel Aviv against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Many leaders of economic and social institutions and activists on social media in Arab countries revived calls to boycott Israeli products and American and European companies that support the Zionist occupation entity.

However, the calls this time were not like previous ones, as they included products coming from countries known as “third parties,” which deepened economic normalization with the Zionist occupation, especially the UAE.

The boycott campaigns targeted products coming from countries whose commercial and logistical areas were turned into “transit oases” for Israeli goods exported to countries in the region, the UAE being the most prominent.

This came as part of a broader campaign to boycott Israeli goods and multinational companies that support the occupation, given that Jebel Ali Port is a major source of goods to all Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

The campaign participants also called for canceling the normalization agreement concluded by the UAE and Bahrain with the Zionist entity, especially with news of the increase in the volume of trade and economic cooperation between the two parties.

Experts say that all Israeli exports to the Gulf go to the UAE first and then to some Gulf Cooperation Council countries and include diamonds, which the UAE has relied on to become the main center for its trade in the world.

The share of diamonds in the total volume of Israeli exports to the UAE is about 70%, while the remaining 30% is distributed among precious stones, medicines, machinery and equipment, computers, software, cybersecurity applications, agricultural products, food products, chemicals, textiles, and clothing.

The volume of Emirati-Israeli trade is expected to reach $3 billion by the end of this year and $3.5 billion in 2024, compared to $2.5 billion in 2022 and only $1 billion in 2021.

The UAE is often the “third party” for the Zionist entity’s goods, which are used in the Gulf countries by repackaging, labeling, or manufacturing them in the UAE’s free zones.

YPA