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Revision as of 19:18, 11 August 2003 by Ed Poor (talk | contribs) (Partisans had called Zionism a "threat to world peace")(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In November 1975 the UN General Assembly passed a determination that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." the resolution was revoked in December 1991.
The measure was an outgrowth of several previous statements at international meetings calling for the elimination of Zionism. A statement by the OAU referred to "the racist regime in occupied Palestine", and an August 1975 meeting of the non-aligned countries condemned Zionism as an "imperalist ideology" and "a threat to world peace and security".
The Israeli ambassador immediately condemned the resolution: "For us, the Jewish people, this resolution based on hatred, falsehood and arrogance, is devoid of any moral or legal value."
In 1991, President George Bush told the General Assembly:
"...to equate Zionism with the intolerable sin of racism is to twist history and forget the terrible plight of Jews in World War II and indeed throughout history."