The World Zionist Organization’s information department will soon establish an international task force to combat anti-Zionism, Eli Eyal, head of the department, told the WZO Executive yesterday. The task force, he said, will include all organizations that fight anti-Semitism and are active on behalf of Israel.
Eyal, in briefing the WZO Executive on the activities of the department, said that the Zionist movement must undertake the task of leading the fight against anti-Zionism which today is an expression of anti-Semitism. He noted that the 1975 United Nations resolution which equated Zionism with racism encouraged rampant anti-Zionism around the world and intensified classical anti-Semitism. The reality, Eyal added, is that anti-Zionism has become the current substitute for what was at one time crude anti-Semitism.
The department, in cooperation with organizations dealing with Zionist and Israeli information overseas, has prepared an informational document on the subject of Zionism which includes the ideological background to the anti-Zionist campaign. Also planned are symposia and audio-visual material on Zionist topics. Israel Radio’s overseas service will soon begin broadcasting a series of lectures on Jewish, Zionist and Israeli subjects. This will be a joint venture of the WZO information department and Tel Aviv University, Eyal said.
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