Word: zionism
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...Sadat, the host, grandly declared it a "full success." Well, not exactly. But by the standards of Third World conferences the first summit meeting of Arab and black African leaders was something of a hit -and a notable triumph for Sadat. There was a lot of predictable rhetoric attacking Zionism, apartheid, colonialism and imperialism. There was also an unexpectedly large concession to the Africans from the Arab oil states: a pledge of $1.45 billion in development...
...most dramatic blow to tourism, however, came in 1975, with former President Luis Echeverria's decision to align Mexico with those countries in the U.N. that voted to equate Zionism with racism. The vote was no sooner recorded than U.S. Jews rushed out to their travel agents to cancel their reservations for Mexican vacations. The tourist business has yet to recover from that devastating period. López Portillo cannot erase his country's vote in the U.N., but he is doing his utmost to convince foreigners of all persuasions that Mexico is once again...
...part, Abu Daoud in interviews in Algeria blamed his arrest on "Zionists" within the French police who were opposed to the "official French position regarding the rights of the Palestinian people." He boasted that he would soon return to fighting Israel and Zionism-after a brief vacation in Algeria. "The Israelis are looking to kill all the Palestinians," he said. "If they want to kill me, then they want to kill a revolutionary, not a terrorist...
Later in the week, these and other similar charges will become more than the mere frothings of a few delegates when John Couture, a member of the convention committee, says in his keynote address that Zionism is the "most insidious, far-reaching, murderous force the world has ever known," and that it "started two world wars" and is ready for a third...
Many Israelis worried over what the strange new relationship would do to their image. South Africa was suspended from the United Nations General Assembly in 1974 for apartheid; Arab members last year attempted to punish Israel in similar fashion by equating apartheid and other forms of racism with Zionism. In the wake of Vorster's visit, renewed efforts are almost certain. Said a U.S. analyst specializing in Israeli affairs: "It's only grist for the Zionism-racist mill...