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Racism and Zionism
The controversial claim that '''Zionism is racism''' attempts to say that [[Zionist]] or a belief in a [[Jewish]] [[ethnic]] homeland, is somehow equivalent to [[racism|race-based]] discrimination. The slogan's use, despite its oversimplification of the issues within the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]     
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As is quite common in political issues, slogans and rhetoric become oversimplified to the point where the meaning or substance of the message is lost.
  [[Noam Chomsky]], the famous Jewish-American Zionist explained the complications and distinctions between being both a Zionist and a critic of Israeli "[[apartheid]]".
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"I have always been in favor of an ethnic Jewish homeland in Palestine. That's different than a Jewish state. Theres a strong case to be made for an ethnic homeland, but as for whether there ought to be a Jewish state, or an Islamic state, or a Christian state, or a White state, thats another matter entirely."
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In the 1967 [[Six Day War, ]], [[Israel]] emerged victorious and the Soviet Union's proxy nations lost; as a response, the Soviet Union increased its anti-Zionist campaign. Soviet television stations, radio stations and newspapers ran hundreds of editorials and articles stating that "Zionism is racism"; these ideas were pushed in all Soviet client states, including many third world nations and Arab nations.

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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