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Official portrait of US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
When the UN General Assembly held the World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001, the conference quickly focused its attention on bashing Israel and reviving the “Zionism is racism” charge. Anti-Semitic propaganda such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion were sold and distributed on the conference grounds, and after four days of attempting to change the focus of the conference the United States and Israel withdrew their delegations in protest.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell stated:
“I know that you do not combat racism by conferences that produce declarations containing hateful language, some of which is a throwback to the days of “Zionism equals racism;” or supports the idea that we have made too much of the Holocaust; or suggests that apartheid exists in Israel; or that singles out only one country in the world--Israel--for censure and abuse.”18
In just the 73rd session of the UNGA in November 2018, the United Nations General Assembly held 21 votes on resolutions specifically condemning Israel for various accusations. During the same period, the UN General Assembly voted on only six resolutions condemning any other country in the world: North Korea, Iran, Syria, Crimea, Myanmar, and the United States.19
18 ElihaiBraun,“UNWorldConferenceagainstRacism,RacialDiscrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance - Durban, South Africa,” Jewish Virtual Library, https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/durban-i-un-conference-against-racism-2001.
19 “2018 UN General Assembly Resolutions Singling Out Israel – Texts,
Votes, Analysis” (15 November 2018), UN Watch, https://unwatch. org/2018-un-general-assembly-resolutions-singling-israel-texts-votes-analysis/.
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