A new kind of antisemitism :

Precise copy of the original letter :

Texas Automotive Export

8701 McGregor Lane Springs Texas 78620

Phone: 512 858 7216  Fax: 512 858 1621

Email: tae@texas-export.com

FAX

To :  Mr. Avi Adiv                                                      Date: 23-April-02

Fax: 972 3 695 8030                                                      From:  JOHN HARRIS

DEAR MR. UDZI

THANK YOU FOR CONTACTING TEXAS EXPORT. WE MUST INFORM YOU TEXAS EXPORT WILL NOT DO BUSSUNESS WITH ISRAELY CITIZENS AT THIS TIME.

WE URGE YOU TO REIN IN YOUR MILITARY AND STOP YOUR OPRESSION OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

YOUR COUNTRY HAS LOST THE RESPECT OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD.

SINCERELLY

JOHN HARRIS

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My   respond :

To: Mr. J. Harris

I read your fax in a daily newspaper.           I wish you fruitful trade with the ultra civilized  Ben Laden.

I wish, that the people of Texas would not exercise the results of your trade with by you respected civilization.

Do not forget that only in last 3 months we lost 135 victims due to the civilized activities of the Arab terrorists, comparing with the US population an identical death tool with the victims of the WTC.

We committed 2 crimes:

1. The serious one: we are Jewish
2. We try to defend ourselves from the civilized suicide bombers.

You will never forgive us for the 2^nd crime, because according to your ideology our duty during the history is to be a victim.

We overcame the Nazis, and so we will do with their successors.

Sincerely

A. Bar-Hai

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The appologise  from Texas :                                                                               

Texas Automotive Export

FAX

Fax: 512 469 5554 From: JOHN HARRIS

JOHN HARRIS

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John Harris, of Texas Automotive Export, an independent auto parts store in the community west of Austin, has been inundated with e-mails and phone calls after declaring he would "not do business with Israeli citizens at this time." Last week, Harris sent a fax to Israeli citizen Avi Udiz informing the Tel Aviv attorney that Texas Automotive would not do business with him.

The incident spawned a flurry of responses from within the United States and the Middle East and was reported widely in the Israeli media. Apparently, the calls and e-mails came from both sides of the Middle East conflict and either condoned or condemned Harris' actions.

What remains uncertain is why Harris fired off the fax. He declined to say what compelled him to write it.

Harris didn't realize how his words would be received by an Israeli citizen and ultimately the Israeli government and the Israeli press.

Harris also faced sanctions from the federal government. U.S. companies are forbidden from boycotting Israel under the Commerce Department's office of anti-boycott compliance.

Harris has since issued a retraction but only after considerable pressure and the threat of a lawsuit by an Austin law firm on behalf of a group of Israeli citizens. In his retraction, Harris wrote, "Texas Export has no boycott of Israel, its citizens or any other country. I deeply regret my letter written in anger to Mr. Avi Udiz.

"I respect the right of Israel and its citizens to defend themselves. Once again, I regret any inconvenience or insult that was caused by my letter." Harris said he now wants only to put the episode behind him. Declining interviews, Harris said his retraction spoke for itself.

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