A group of 12 district attorneys from the United States said that they had found no traces of racism in Israel during their nine-day tour of the country at the invitation of Justice Minister Haim Zadok. They said the results of their visit only confirmed their condemnation of the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution that equated Zionism with racism. They also assailed the UN for “glamorizing” terrorism–an apparent reference to its recognition of the PLO–which, they said, undermines law and order all over the world.
The visit to Israel was sponsored by the National District Attorney’s Association in cooperation with the American Zionist Federation and was undertaken on Zadok’s invitation. The group was headed by Robert Leonard, of Flint, Mich., the Association’s president. During their stay in Israel, the group studied the country’s legal and penal systems including such aspects as courtroom procedure, appeals, incarceration and capital punishment. They met with government and law enforcement officials, Knesset members and Arab leaders from the administered territories.
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