Word: zionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sadat also made a blunder. After a moderate speech at Washington's National Press Club, Sadat was asked his opinion of a U.N. draft resolution on Zionism that is to be voted upon by the General Assembly next week. The draft resolution, which condemns Zionism as a form of racism, was sponsored by the Arab League, including Egypt, and approved by the General Assembly's Social Committee, 70 to 29 with 27 abstentions. Sadat's strikingly personal reply provoked sharp criticism. He recalled that in 1950, "after seven years of concentration camp and prison,"* he could...
...United Nations is at the point of officially endorsing anti-Semitism," warned U.S. Ambassador Daniel P. Moynihan. "It is a reckless act, an obscene act." Moynihan's anger was directed at an Arab-inspired draft resolution that condemns Zionism as "a form of racism and racial discrimination," meaning the existence of Israel as a Jewish state. After vitriolic debate, the resolution was adopted late last week by the U.N. General Assembly's Social Committee, 70 to 29, with 27 abstentions. Supporting the measure were the Arab and Communist blocs and some African countries; the U.S. and Western Europe...
...EGYPT. It is very wrong to think there is any power on earth, any agreement, that could put the Egyptian army and Egyptian people outside the circle against Zionism, especially when it means turning down the Palestinian cause, which is the core of the whole problem of the Middle East and of the Arab nations...
...discordant note: the U.N.I.W.Y. conference also adopted a so-called Declaration of Mexico which asserted that Zionism must be eliminated along with colonialism and apartheid. As a congressional adviser to the U.S. delegation, I strongly urged them to vote against this declaration and was gratified that they did so. The gratuitous attack on Israel was an example of the anti-Israel bloc, with men in the leadership manipulating the women, who were there as instructed delegates from their governments...
Feminist Firecracker. A second document approved by the delegates was more specific. Called the Declaration of Mexico, it urged the elimination of Zionism, colonialism and apartheid. It also referred back to the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States approved by the U.N. General Assembly last December. Under the charter, nations can expropriate foreign properties without guaranteeing equitable compensation, organize commodity cartels like OPEC and otherwise foster their own development. The vote for the Declaration was 89-2, with 18 abstentions. The no votes came from the U.S. and Israel...