This article is nothing more than spin and fear-mongering. DPW is not a shipping company, it is a terminal management company. DPW is not buying "control of the ports". It is buying the company that holds the contract to manage primarily shipping terminals in various US ports.
Do they participate in the boycott? Not directly. Does this indirect involvement through its parent entity count? That's quite a stretch. The larger issue is who else would step up to take over this contract? The last I saw, the only other serious bidder was a company based in Singapore. Maybe they should take it over? What about the Chinese company that already manages some port operations in the US? This whole issue has been blown way out of proportion. What I see happening is DPW creating a US-based subsidiary for the sole purpose of managing this contract, and that company being staffed entirely by US citizens. > Since the creation of the state of Israel, there has been a boycott of > any and all products from the state to and through the Arab world. > This boycott, which has official offices, is enforced against > companies that do business with Israel as well, even if the companies > are not Israeli or Jewish. There is a law on the books in the US > penalizing any company that takes part in the boycott. > Why is this important? Because the company and government that the > Bush administration wants to run 22 (http://portal.pohub. > com/portal/page?_pageid=36,1, > 36_31159:36_34061&_dad=pogprtl&_schema=POGPRTL) ports in the US take > part in the boycott. This alone disqualifies them as a candidate for > the position as they would either have to cancel their support of the > boycot or be forced by law (which will be ignored by the state > department and bush government) to pay a fine. > > http://www.jpost. com/> servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395502196&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198295 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
