The U.S. reaffirmed today that it “will never accept” the General Assembly resolution equating Zionism with racism, and declared that it could no longer participate in or support the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination because of its linkage to Zionism. Addressing the Economic and Social Council, Ambassador William Scranton said “Zionism is not racism. It is not racial discrimination. It is a justifiable and understandable manifestation of national feeling on the part of a people entitled to a homeland, whose claim to a homeland was recognized by the united Nations almost 30 years ago.” He added that U.S. opposition to the resolution “is not the policy of a particular administration at a particular moment” but of the nation. Congress and the Executive branch.
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