1975 November 10th
The United Nations General Assembly votes to approve an Arab-inspired resolution defining Zionism as “a form of racism and racial discrimination.” US Ambassador D P Moynihan sayd the US will never ‘acquiesce in this infamous act,’ but the resolution carries 72 to 35, with 32 abstentions.
The full text of Resolution 3379:
3379 (XXX). Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
The General Assemby,
Recalling its resolution 1904 (XVIII) of 20 November 1963, proclaiming the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and in particular its affirmation that "any doctrine of racial differentiation or superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous" and its expression of alarm at "the manifestations of racial discrimination still in evidence in some areas in the world, some of which are imposed by certain Governments by means of legislative, administrative or other measures",
Recalling also that, in its resolution 3151 G (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973, the General Assembly condemned, inter alia, the unholy alliance between South African racism and zionism,
Taking note of the Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women and Their Contribution to Development and Peace 1975, proclaimed by the World Conference of the International Women's Year, held at Mexico City from 19 June to 2 July 1975, which promulgated the principle that "international co-operation and peace require the achievement of national liberation and independence, the elimination of colonialism and neo-colonialism, foreign occupation, zionism, apartheid and racial discrimination in all its forms, as well as the recognition of the dignity of peoples and their right to self-determination",
Taking note also of resolution 77 (XII) adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its twelfth ordinary session, held at Kampala from 28 July to 1 August 1975, which considered "that the racist regime in occupied Palestine and the racist regime in Zimbabwe and South Africa have a common imperialist origin, forming a whole and having the same racist structure and being organically linked in their policy aimed at repression of the dignity and integrity of the human being",
Taking note also of the Political Declaration and Strategy to Strengthen International Peace and Security and to Intensify Solidarity and Mutual Assistance among Non-Aligned Countries, adopted at the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Countries held at Lima from 25 to 30 August 1975, which most severely condemned zionism as a threat to world peace and security and called upon all countries to oppose this racist and imperalist ideology,
Determines that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.
The Israeli response
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly the same day, 10. November 1975, Israeli Ambassador Chaim Herzog stated:
"I can point with pride to the Arab ministers who have served in my government; to the Arab deputy speaker of my Parliament; to Arab officers and men serving of their own volition in our border and police defense forces, frequently commanding Jewish troops; to the hundreds of thousands of Arabs from all over the Middle East crowding the cities of Israel every year; to the thousands of Arabs from all over the Middle East coming for medical treatment to Israel; to the peaceful coexistence which has developed; to the fact that Arabic is an official language in Israel on a par with Hebrew; to the fact that it is as natural for an Arab to serve in public office in Israel as it is incongruous to think of a Jew serving in any public office in an Arab country, indeed being admitted to many of them. Is that racism? It is not! That... is Zionism."
Herzog ended his statement, while holding a document of the resolution, with these words:
"For us, the Jewish people, this resolution based on hatred, falsehood and arrogance, is devoid of any moral or legal value. For us, the Jewish people, this is no more than a piece of paper and we shall treat it as such." (CAREFUL NOW, YOU MAY GIVE THE WRONG PEOPLE IDEAS!)
As he concluded his speech, Herzog tore the document in half.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERING:
When Israel Was Apartheid's Open Ally
November 5, 2007
By Lenni Brenner
”Jimmy Carter's book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, has opened up much of
the American public to serious discussion of Israel's realities. He's no expert
on Zionist history, but the Anti-Defamation League and other pro-Israel
propagandists must now work 25 hours a day, 366 days a year, trying to
discredit equating Israel and apartheid South Africa.
Curiously, Carter only mentions South African apartheid 3 times. He relates
how, on his 1973 visit to Israel,
"General Rabin described the close relationship that Israel had with South
Africa in the diamond trade (he had returned from there a day or two early
to greet us) but commented that the South African system of apartheid could not long survive."
He also tells us that:
"Israeli leaders have embarked on a series of unilateral decisions,
bypassing both Washington and the Palestinians. Their presumption is that an
encircling barrier will finally resolve the Palestinian problem. Utilizing their
political and military dominance, they are imposing a system of partial
withdrawal, encapsulation, and apartheid on the Muslim and Christian citizens of the occupied territories.
The driving purpose for the forced separation of the two peoples is unlike that in South Africa -- not racism, but the acquisition of land. There has been a determined and remarkably effective effort to isolate settlers from Palestinians, so that a Jewish family can commute from Jerusalem to their highly subsidized home deep in the West Bank on roads from which others are excluded, without ever coming in contact with any facet of Arab life."
By Lenni Brenner
”Jimmy Carter's book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, has opened up much of
the American public to serious discussion of Israel's realities. He's no expert
on Zionist history, but the Anti-Defamation League and other pro-Israel
propagandists must now work 25 hours a day, 366 days a year, trying to
discredit equating Israel and apartheid South Africa.
Curiously, Carter only mentions South African apartheid 3 times. He relates
how, on his 1973 visit to Israel,
"General Rabin described the close relationship that Israel had with South
Africa in the diamond trade (he had returned from there a day or two early
to greet us) but commented that the South African system of apartheid could not long survive."
He also tells us that:
"Israeli leaders have embarked on a series of unilateral decisions,
bypassing both Washington and the Palestinians. Their presumption is that an
encircling barrier will finally resolve the Palestinian problem. Utilizing their
political and military dominance, they are imposing a system of partial
withdrawal, encapsulation, and apartheid on the Muslim and Christian citizens of the occupied territories.
The driving purpose for the forced separation of the two peoples is unlike that in South Africa -- not racism, but the acquisition of land. There has been a determined and remarkably effective effort to isolate settlers from Palestinians, so that a Jewish family can commute from Jerusalem to their highly subsidized home deep in the West Bank on roads from which others are excluded, without ever coming in contact with any facet of Arab life."
CONTRADICTS HERZOG SOMEWHAT BUT VERY PROPHETIC & THAT LAST SENTENCE, THAT’S NOT DISCRIMINATION, IS IT? BUT WHAT’S THIS – IGNORES THEIR OWN AS WELL? IT WAS ONLY LAST WEEK WE WERE PUTTING THIS ABOUT:
“Fifty Israeli peace and human rights activists have approached Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak, via the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv, calling upon
him to immediately open the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza
Strip to free movement of persons and goods, and thus break the siege
imposed at the order of Defence Minister Barak, and which is pushing the
population of the strip over the edge of humanitarian disaster.
"We saw no choice but to take this step and approach the Egyptians directly.
This after the Defence Minister, to whom the option of cutting Gaza's
electricity supplies was for the time being denied, found the horrible
substitute of drastically cutting the supply of vital foodstuffs. Those who
don't raise their voices are accomplices. The government of Israel is
completely uncaring about the terrible suffering it is causing to a million
and half inhabitants of the Strip for whom it is responsible. It also does
want to understand what is said by its own military experts: that causing
this suffering does not in any way help the people of Sderot – on the
contrary, it increases and exacerbates the shooting of Quassam missiles.
We do not accept that the only choices left are to starve the inhabitants of
Gaza or to conquer the Strip at the cost of terrible bloodshed. There is
another way, the way of mutual ceasefire and negotiations which should
include all parts of the Palestinian people" say the initiators of the
letter of the fifty.”
President Hosni Mubarak, via the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv, calling upon
him to immediately open the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza
Strip to free movement of persons and goods, and thus break the siege
imposed at the order of Defence Minister Barak, and which is pushing the
population of the strip over the edge of humanitarian disaster.
"We saw no choice but to take this step and approach the Egyptians directly.
This after the Defence Minister, to whom the option of cutting Gaza's
electricity supplies was for the time being denied, found the horrible
substitute of drastically cutting the supply of vital foodstuffs. Those who
don't raise their voices are accomplices. The government of Israel is
completely uncaring about the terrible suffering it is causing to a million
and half inhabitants of the Strip for whom it is responsible. It also does
want to understand what is said by its own military experts: that causing
this suffering does not in any way help the people of Sderot – on the
contrary, it increases and exacerbates the shooting of Quassam missiles.
We do not accept that the only choices left are to starve the inhabitants of
Gaza or to conquer the Strip at the cost of terrible bloodshed. There is
another way, the way of mutual ceasefire and negotiations which should
include all parts of the Palestinian people" say the initiators of the
letter of the fifty.”
AND WHEN YOU READ SOME OF THE LATEST REPORTS:
The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine
Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:17:55
By: Terrell E. Arnold
Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:17:55
By: Terrell E. Arnold
Having sent up numerous trial balloons over the past several weeks, Israel now will work on shutting down the Gaza Strip.
Having kept it virtually sealed off from the outside world ever since Hamas beat Fatah for control of it, Israel now plans to use creeping electric power outages to make life in that open-air prison totally intolerable.
Since no major power appears to have objected loudly enough to the trial balloons, Israel seems confident it can shut Gaza down without significant political repercussions. http://tinyurl.com/yqzd3s
Having kept it virtually sealed off from the outside world ever since Hamas beat Fatah for control of it, Israel now plans to use creeping electric power outages to make life in that open-air prison totally intolerable.
Since no major power appears to have objected loudly enough to the trial balloons, Israel seems confident it can shut Gaza down without significant political repercussions. http://tinyurl.com/yqzd3s
Ex-Minister Aloni: Barak should be tried by UN
<http://www.ynetnews.com
Defense minister most dangerous man in Israel, guilty of crimes against
humanity, former education minister says.
Those who die waiting
Published 01 November 2007
Israel's blockade of Gaza is costing critically ill Palestinians their lives
Late last Monday evening, after an eight-hour wait at Gaza's Erez crossing, 20-year-old Mahmoud Abu Taha's repeated attempts to leave the country finally came to an end. Not because he had given up hope of getting through, but because the colon cancer that had ravaged his body - and for which he wanted to seek medical care outside Gaza - finally killed him.
This was his family's fourth attempt to get him out - a distressing enough fact in itself, but sadly Abu Taha is not the first Palestinian to suffer this fate and he is unlikely to be the last: denial of passage for the critically ill is becoming the norm. http://www.newstatesman.com/200711010023
2 - ISRAEL-OPT: Court seeks reassurances on sanctions JERUSALEM, 8 November (IRIN) - Israel 's highest court on 7 November
ordered the state to explain within one week how it planned to ensure that the latest sanctions imposed on Gaza, including fuel and power cuts, would not have a negative humanitarian impact.Http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=75202 Naim warns: Half kidney dialysis machines in Gaza are out of order
Palestinian Information Center
Palestinian Information Center
Dr. Basem Naim, the acting health minister in the PA caretaker government, has warned that hundreds of kidney patients in the Gaza Strip were in danger of death after more than half the dialysis machines were out of order due to the Israeli occupation authority's refusal to allow spare parts into the Strip. Naim in a press interview published on Thursday said that a big number of kidney patients were in need of regular dialysis until they could travel abroad and undergo a transplant. The patients must abide by the doctor's treatment program or else they would suffer blood poisoning and thus are liable to die, the minister explained.... http://www.uruknet.de/?p=37997
ILLEGAL OCCUPIERS DEMOLISH ILLEGAL HOME IN PALESTINE
Desert Peace
Desert Peace
OK.... just what is wrong with that headline? Who is the illegal party, that is the key question in this matter... Is it the family that built their home in THEIR COUNTRY or is it the occupier of that very country? In the meantime, while an answer to that question is thought of, a widow and five young children remain homeless at the onset of winter. Their suffering has nothing to do with the legality or illegality of their former home, the reality is they are being punished for being born Palestinian in occupied Palestine....
Palestinian doctor dies as a result of US-Israeli siege of Gaza
Palestinian Information Center
Palestinian Information Center
Nathmi Ashour, a physician and resident of Gaza City, died Wednesday afternoon as a result of being denied access to medical treatment outside of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli occupation authority. Dr. Muaweya Hasaneen, director of the emergency services department at the PA Ministry of health, said that Dr. Nathmi Ashour died because the Israeli occupation would not allow his transfer to a hospital inside the green line to be treated...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=37988
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=37988
Stranded Palestinians at the Egyptian side enter their 4th month of suffering
Palestinian Information Center
Palestinian Information Center
The number of Palestinians stranded at the Egyptian side of the borders with the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,400, Egyptian sources announced on Tuesday, adding that they might be transferred next Sunday via Israeli-controlled Oja crossing into Gaza. A number of those stranded at the Egyptian city of Arish said that they started their fourth month of suffering amidst complete disregard on the part of the Palestinian embassy in Cairo that sent about 20 dollars for each one carrying a Palestinian passport....
Khudari: More than 1,000 patients in Gaza require urgent treatment abroad
Palestinian Information Center
Palestinian Information Center
MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti-sanctions committee, said that there are more than 1,000 Palestinian patients awaiting urgent treatment abroad but cannot because of the imposed siege on the Gaza Strip, which, he asserted, is contrary to all international norms and human rights, and called for the immediate opening of the Rafah border crossing before the situation in Gaza explodes. In a press conference held on Tuesday at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza during a sit-in staged by Palestinian patients, Khudari stated that the Palestinian patients in Gaza are threatened with slow death and every day that passes new cases come to the surface. The committee's head called on human rights organizations to pressure the Israeli occupation in order to open the crossing for the citizens, highlighting that the continuing closure of the crossings will cause Gaza explode any time....
Israel: perpetual criminal, perpetual liar
Comment by Khalid Amayreh
Comment by Khalid Amayreh
Just as the Nazis sought to concoct "reasons" to justify their criminality, the Zionist state of Israel and its fanatical supporters are doing the same thing to justify the slow-motion genocide the Jewish state is carrying out against the Gaza Strip’s 1.4 million inhabitants. Israeli spokespersons and apologists, especially in North America, where Zionist Jews control the bulk of the mass media, routinely claim that Israel has no moral or legal obligation to feed and cater for the blockaded Gazans. This is, of course, a blatantly misleading argument, because Israel is still "the occupying power" in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli army is still in tight control of Gaza’s skies, territorial waters and all border crossings....
I COULD GO ON HERE BUT
PERSONALLY, IT MAKES ME SICK TO THINK THAT FORMER UK PM TONY BLAIR IS ECLIPSING BILL CLINTON AS THE HIGHEST PAID SPEAKER ON THE PLANET. HE’S A LAWYER FOR CHRIST’S SAKE!
In a 1919 memorandum Balfour of the Declartion wrote:
“The four great powers (UK, US, FRANCE & RUSSIA) are committed to Zionism and Zionism, be it right or wrong, good or bad (MEANING THERE WAS A DEBATE), is rooted in age-long tradition (20 YEARS), in present needs (GEOPOLITICAL), in future hopes (OIL), of far profounder importance than the desire and prejudicies of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit that ancient land (ARROGANT RACISM). In my opinion, that is right (IN MINE, GREEDY).”
AROUND 100 YEARS AGO IT WAS THE ZIONISTS CALLING FOR A JEWISH RIGHT OF RETURN, WELL THEY WERE GRANTED THAT RIGHT BUT IT TURNED INTO A CASE OF ‘YOU GIVE THEM AN INCH, THEY TAKE A MILE.’ FROM DAY ONE, NOT ONE IOTA OF RESPECT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF PALESTINE.
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