MikeDunnAuthor on Nostr: Today in Labor History November 10, 1975: United Nations General Assembly passed ...

Today in Labor History November 10, 1975: United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism was a form of racism. The vote came soon after the UN resolved that Palestinians had the right to self-determination (Resolution 3236). Mexico’s support for the resolution led to a boycott of that nation by American Jews. In 1991, Israel forced the UN to remove the declaration as a prerequisite to their participation in the Madrid peace talks. George H. W. Bush called Resolution 3379 a mockery of the principles upon which the UN was created. He, of course, was an expert in making a mockery of the UN’s principles.

The UN declaration focused on the ways in which Zionism is racist toward Palestinian Arabs. Counterintuitively, however, it can also be antisemitic or racist towards Jews, such as when Zionists proclaim that Israel represents all Jews; or that all “good” Jews necessarily support Israel; or that Jews who criticize Israeli government policy or who support Palestinians’ right to self-determination are self-hating, or antisemitic.

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