The Arab countries and their allies plan to inject the issue of Zionism into the deliberations of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) during its five-week session which opened here today, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has learned.
The 54-nation body is scheduled, among other things, to prepare for a world conference on racism next year and to debate the issue of human rights in Israel-occupied territories. South Africa and Chile. Israeli diplomats said today that Israel is “watching attentively” the possibility that the Arabs would try to link Zionism with racism when ECOSOC reviews the progress being made under the programs of the “Decade for Action Against Racism.” Iraq is expected to spearhead this effort, the JTA learned.
With respect to the anticipated Arab offensive against Israel’s alleged violations of human rights in the occupied territories, Israeli diplomats said that Israel is prepared to prove that these allegations are spurious. They said Israel will point out the fact that those countries that accuse it of human rights violations, namely the Arab and communist states, are themselves to be blamed for violations of human rights.
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