Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 East Germany and the Six-Day War of June 1967
- 3 An anti-Israeli Left Emerges in West Germany: The Conjuncture of June 1967
- 4 Diplomatic Breakthrough to Military Alliance: East Germany, the Arab States, and the PLO: 1969–1973
- 5 Palestinian Terrorism in 1972: Lod Airport, the Munich Olympics, and Responses
- 6 Formalizing the East German Alliance with the PLO and the Arab States: 1973
- 7 Political Warfare at the United Nations During the Yom Kippur War of 1973
- 8 1974: Palestinian Terrorist Attacks on Kiryat Shmona and Ma'alot and Responses in East Germany, West Germany, Israel, the United States, and the United Nations
- 9 The United Nations “Zionism Is Racism” Resolution of November 10, 1975
- 10 The Entebbe Hijacking and the West German “Revolutionary Cells”
- 11 An Alliance Deepens: East Germany, the Arab states, and the PLO: 1978–1982
- 12 Terrorism from Lebanon to Israel's “Operation Peace for Galilee”: 1977–1982
- 13 The Israel-PLO War in Lebanon of 1982
- 14 Loyal Friends in Defeat: 1983–1989 and After
- 15 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - The United Nations “Zionism Is Racism” Resolution of November 10, 1975
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 East Germany and the Six-Day War of June 1967
- 3 An anti-Israeli Left Emerges in West Germany: The Conjuncture of June 1967
- 4 Diplomatic Breakthrough to Military Alliance: East Germany, the Arab States, and the PLO: 1969–1973
- 5 Palestinian Terrorism in 1972: Lod Airport, the Munich Olympics, and Responses
- 6 Formalizing the East German Alliance with the PLO and the Arab States: 1973
- 7 Political Warfare at the United Nations During the Yom Kippur War of 1973
- 8 1974: Palestinian Terrorist Attacks on Kiryat Shmona and Ma'alot and Responses in East Germany, West Germany, Israel, the United States, and the United Nations
- 9 The United Nations “Zionism Is Racism” Resolution of November 10, 1975
- 10 The Entebbe Hijacking and the West German “Revolutionary Cells”
- 11 An Alliance Deepens: East Germany, the Arab states, and the PLO: 1978–1982
- 12 Terrorism from Lebanon to Israel's “Operation Peace for Galilee”: 1977–1982
- 13 The Israel-PLO War in Lebanon of 1982
- 14 Loyal Friends in Defeat: 1983–1989 and After
- 15 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
On November 10, 1975 a large majority of the members of the 30th session of the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that denounced Zionism as a form of racism. It was the most important victory to date for the PLO and its Soviet-bloc, Arab, and third-world state supporters. The vote was 72 in favor, 35 opposed, and 32 abstentions. East Germany supported the resolution; West Germany voted against it. Resolution 3379 on the “elimination of all forms of racial discrimination” was the most famous of the many defeats that Israel endured at the UN in these decades. It was also a dramatic demonstration of the interaction between force and political warfare, that is, between the PLO's terrorist campaign waged in the Middle East against Israel and the political and diplomatic offensive that it and its supporters waged at the United Nations in New York. For Israel and its supporters, the resolution meant that the United Nations had become a center of both antagonism to Israel and anti-Semitism in world politics. For the PLO, it meant expansion of political support for its campaign to destroy the state of Israel.
The roll call vote was as follows:
In favor: (72) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Byelorussian SSR, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dahomey, Democratic Republic of Yemen, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Republic, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Yugoslavia.
Against: (35) Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Central African Republic, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Swaziland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay.
Abstaining: (32) Argentina, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Upper Volta, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.
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- Undeclared Wars with IsraelEast Germany and the West German Far Left, 1967–1989, pp. 288 - 316Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016