Saudi meeting eyed for WTO violation

U.S. and Israeli officials are concerned that Saudi Arabia may be breaking the promise it made when it entered the World Trade Organization last year by hosting a meeting next week on the Arab economic boycott of Israel. “I think this is a bit too much,” said Itzhak Levanon, Israel’s ambassador to the WTO, noting it has been only three months since Saudi Arabia was admitted to the organization on terms that require it to treat Israel like any other WTO member.

The only surprise here is that anyone can be surprised that this is happening. I mean, this is just the kind of stuff that they do – thier Wahabi flavor of Islamofascism won’t allow them to to anything BUT this.

Unfortunately, the other non-surprise is that the US administration will have zero response, except for some mealy-mouthed expressions of concern. It would be really nice if this was NOT the case, but based on prior experience, the Chief WOULD be surprised if anything more was done in response.