Arab-Israeli mail suspensions 1974-2000s

Lebanese postal boycott of Israel: 14 FEB 1974 airmail commercial cover on Israeli Atomic Energy Agency stationary from YAVNE to Bell Laboratories MURRAY HILL (US), meter franked 1.10L per FA-23 postage period rate using the Agency's slogan machine cancel; front-stamped FEB 25 NEW PROVIDENCE arrival, but as unclaimed, returned - here misrouted & sent via LEBANON, backstamped 28-5-74 BEIRUT arrival...

Bahranian postal boycott of Israel: 16 AUG 1974 large airmail printed-matter cover from Temple University PHILADELPHIA to Weizman Institute REHOVOT, meter franked 78c; mis-routed via BAHRAIN, where front-stamped 20 AU 74 MANAMA arrival + marked in manuscript "No Service to Israel" & returned to sender; manuscript crossed-out on arrival & resent to Israel. This is the only known example of "no serv...

UNIQUE 1977-80 Israel-Egypt peace relations "no service" mail: 13-12-1977 El-Al "first flight" cover from TEL AVIV to CAIRO, franked 4.10L per FA-27 postage period rate & tied by 3 strikes of First Flight cachet; refused service locally & marked by Hebrew "No Service" + bilingual English/French "PAS DE SERVICE VOIE(sic) ISRAEL" instructional marking handstamp K-Types T-VIII & T-VII (of which this ...

Egyptian-Israeli postal suspension during peace talks period: 9 Nov 1978 postmarked airmail cover, sent from BETHLEHEM by the philatelist Josef Wallach (return addressed REHOVOT) and addressed to the postmaster at the CAIRO international airport; franked 5.40 Lira & tied by 2x strikes of the Israeli Army's Bethlehem post office postmark.Egypt's president, Anwar Sadat, made a ground-breaking visit ...

Iranian no-service postal boycott marking on mail to Israel: 8 Jan 1983 postmarked surface mailed picture postcard (Prague) sent from PRAGUE and addressed to HAIFA, franked 2 Koruna & tied by local machine cancel. The postcard was subsequently marked 8 June 1983 TEHRAN arrival, evidentally misrouted: although Iran had served as an air route to Israel since the 1950s, there was no reason for Europe...

Unusual postal link / Iranian postal boycott of Israel: 8 [unclear - OCT?] 1984 airmail stationary cover from DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (no return address) to Israeli civilian PETACH TIKVA, franked 1.55TSh & tied by 2 strikes of local postmark; unusual postal connection & routing as Tanzania cut diplomatic links with Israel in 1973 (renewed 1995) - unlike Chad, there was no record of discreet back-ch...