Part of the price of doing business with the Arab world is that many oil companies for more than two decades have quietly complied with a worldwide boycott of Israeli products. But boycotts, like censorship, all too often take on absurd dimensions.
Witness the case of Mobil Oil Co. A London-based subsidiary, Mobil Marine Services, sent a letter to ships' chandlers, ordering them not to supply Mobil tankers with "any products of Israeli origin, or seeming to have Israeli or Jewish connections." Mobil's caution stems from the fact that the boycott has been intensified...
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