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SEPTEMBER 27, 1991 / 19 TISHREI 5752
UN Resolution
Tests The Arabs
ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM
Assistant Editor
L
ocal Jewish leaders
this week welcomed
George Bush's call for
the United Nations to repeal
the "Zionism is racism"
resolution, but said the real
significance of the Presi-
dent's comments lie in how
Arab nations react.
"Most Jews feel the rever-
sal of this resolution is long
overdue," said Jewish
Community Council Ex-
ecutive Director David Gad-
Harf. "Now we have to look
to the Arab countries to see
their response. If they're in-
terested in peace, they'll
vote for reversal."
"This move tests the seri-
ousness of the Arab world,"
added Rabbi Daniel Polish of
Temple Beth El. "The word
`racism' really translates to
`illegitimate.' If the Arabs
are sufficiently serious
about peace, they will begin
by being receptive to the
President's move."
The U.N. adopted the
"Zionism is racism" resolu-
tion in November 1975 by a
vote of 70-29. Though the
President's public statement
opposing the resolution
"represents a change in
thrust," in does not reflect a
change in U.S. policy, noted
Marvin Feuerwerger, senior
strategic fellow at the Wash-
ington Institute for Near
East Policy. The United
States never supported the
resolution, and American
presidents, senators and
statesmen have been
outspoken in their condem-
nation of the U.N. vote.
"I can't think of anything
in the last 30 years as odi-
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Zionsim-Racism:
Is Bush All Talk?
JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent
resident George Bush
used unusually strong
language in urging
the United Nations to repeal
its 1975 resolution labeling
Zionism as a form of racism
in his Monday speech to the
international body.
But it was unclear
whether the administra-
tion's renewed interest in
repealing the controversial
resolution would result in
speedy action in the General
Assembly.
Mr. Bush's U.N. speech
was a calculated attempt to
ease tensions between pro-
Israel forces and the ad-
ministration resulting from
the White House's
resistance to Jerusalem's
request for $10 billion in
loan guarantees. The
dispute flared dramatically
after the president's Sept. 12
news conference.
At that news conference,
Mr. Bush repeated his call
for a 120-day delay in the
loan guarantee legislation —
a call congressional leaders
appear to have heeded —
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and criticized pro-Israel
forces that were pushing
hard for the guarantees.
It was the resulting
downward spiral in
U.S.-Israeli relations that
was the target of Mr. Bush's
comments on the Zionism-is-
Racism resolution.
"Zionism is not a policy,"
Mr. Bush told the U.N. dele-
gates. "It is the idea that led
to the creation of a home for
the Jewish people, to the
State of Israel. And to
equate Zionism with the in-
tolerable sin of racism is to
ANALYSIS
twist history and forget the
terrible plight of Jews in
World War II and indeed
throughout history."
The international body
cannot serve as a peacemaker,
Mr. Bush said, "and at the
same time challenge Israel's
right to exist."
Jewish activists applauded
the president's comments,
but warned that the U.N.
speech in itself would not
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