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Arabs slammed for importing dates from Israel
Arab News Saudi farmers have criticized some Arab countries including Egypt and Jordan for importing Israeli dates in place of their products. Abdul Aziz Al-Tuwaijeri, chairman of the date producers and exporters committee at the Qassim Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said Israel has started exporting dates to a number of Arab and Gulf countries. âDespite the small quantity of its production, Israel is posing stiff competition to Saudi dates,â he told Al-Watan. He estimated Israelâs dates output at 12,000 tons. He said that farmers in the Qassim region alone sold dates worth more than SR1.3 billion last Ramadan. Saudi Arabia produces 850,000 tons of dates annually. "Like, no blood for dates, man!" Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-12-12 |
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