The above video is of the UN debate over whether Zionism is a form of racism, which took place 36 years ago this past Thursday. One thing that struck me as I watched it was how similar much of the discourse was to today, especially from Israel’s defenders.
(h/t Colum Lynch)
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Defense of Israel is no more than assault on truth.
Any arguments presented in the affirmative in the video? None that I saw.
Just political.
Of the votes in the affirmative, how many in the Arab league? How many in the Soviet block?
Any national/ethnic states voting in the affirmative?
Its not a vote against the occupation.
The imperialists scolding the colonized. What is really shocking is how pissed off the white guys were….the only word I could think of was, “entitled” – cant you brown skinned people get it? We decided a long time ago we were top dog, get with the program. Underneath it all, I think the real fight is for who gets to define what is and what isn’t. The western countries feel that they can dictate terms… Read more »
Watching this and the over the top condemnations of the resolution especially from US and UK, I am reminded of the shock horror response from our own Attorney General Lord Goldsmith to potential war crimes charges against Israeli politicians visiting the UK over the Gaza massacre,he said in effect that there was no real evidence,and that it would not stand up in court, this after all the evidence of war crimes and potential crimes against… Read more »
zionism = colonialism = racism
simple as that!