Thursday, March 4, 2010

"... There are even ships that sail from Israel to Beirut, ..."

The Jerusalem Post/ here
"... Feiler said the Israeli origins of products is hidden by methods other than third-country exports. Arabs of Lebanese origin in Israel sell counterfeit Lebanese certificates of origin complete with forged government stamps. Some Israeli factories have departments of so-called quality control - where any Hebrew writing or 'Made in Israel' marks are removed from product components. "I saw it with my eyes," he said. There are even ships that sail from the northern Israeli port of Haifa to Beirut, Lebanon - "there is a way to do it," Feiler said, adding that the Beirut Port Authority would denies the practice exists. Sending Israeli products to Gulf states is the easier, said Doron Peskin, research director at Info-Prod. "The difficult thing is not to make mistakes."

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