Despite scanty coverage in the world press, a recent Baghdad international conference is another step on the road to giving anti-Zionism intellectual respectability. This is the conclusion of a report by the Institute of Jewish Affairs on an “Ideological Symposium on Zionism as a Racist Phenomenon” held in the Iraqi capital Nov. 8-13 under the auspices of the Center for Palestinian Studies at the University of Baghdad, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Arab League.
The gathering was attended by 300 delegates from 46 countries, including Britain, France and the United States as well as the Soviet Union, Eastern bloc and Third World countries An Iraqi news agency reported that the symposium’s proceedings will eventually be published and widely disseminated. It added the symposium was marked by a deep academic spirit.
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