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Racism and Zionism
The controversial claim that '''Zionism is racism''' has recurred many times in [[United Nations]] debates and resolutions, especially since 1975 when the PLO was granted observer status at the UN where it vigorously protested the occupation of the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza]] by the State of [[Israel]]. It is part of an overall and consistent condemnation of Zionism by the Arab states and other enemies of Israel in the UN.

Jewish conspiracy theories in Europe and the nations that would later constitute the [[Soviet Union]] had existed for many years, but became much more accepted by the public in many nations after [[World War I]], and even more so after the [[Bolshevik]] revolution in Russia. Through the publication of the infamous forgery, the [[Protocols of the Elders of Zion]], many people took it as a "proven" fact that Jews were secretly conspiring to rule the world. This anti-Jewish attitude took on a stronger form during the reign of [[Joseph Stalin]]. Stalin was initially supportive of Zionism; many early Zionists were socialists or communists, and many people in the Soviet Union believed that the [[State of Israel]] would be an ally. As time passed, Stalin realized that Israel would not become the communist nation he hoped it would become; he eventually became staunchly anti-Zionist, and thus made anti-Zionism the official doctrine of the Soviet Union.

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[[Danial Moynihan]] said:

:"In logic, the State of Israel could be, or could become, many things, theoretically including many undesirable things. But it could not be and could not become racist unless it ceased to be Zionist." [http://www.yahoodi.com/peace/zisr.html]
==External link==
*[http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_un_zionism_racism.php Background on original resolution]

See: [[Ethiopian Jew]]s