The Tribune · 3 September 2001
CP-2001-012
Rights forum equates Zionism with racism
Occupation of Palestine decried as colonialism
By Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press, Durban
Transcribed from the clipping
“DURBAN, South Africa — Pro-Palestinian groups scored a victory Sunday when a human rights forum coinciding with the World Conference Against Racism equated Zionism with racism and called for international sanctions against Israel. But Jewish, Christian and international human rights groups rejected the forum’s final resolution, which was presented to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson to be included in a final declaration by the U.N. conference… Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories was also decried as colonialism, a potent political label in much of the world. The forum brought together 166 non-governmental rights groups from around the world… The forum also recommended that the United Nations reinstate a resolution equating Zionism with racism, the establishment of a U.N. committee to prosecute Israeli war crimes and the complete isolation of Israel as an apartheid state.”
Photograph caption
Israeli Foreign Minister Mordechai Yedid speaks at a news conference at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, on Sunday.
Context added by this archive
Ten years after the repeal, a parallel forum of 166 organizations votes to put the resolution back. The caption calls Mordechai Yedid Israel’s foreign minister; he was the head of its delegation.
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"Rights forum equates Zionism with racism," The Tribune, 3 September 2001. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2001-012. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2001-012
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