Israel’s treatment at the United Nations amounts to “racism,” according to the U.S. ambassador to the world body. Richard Holbrooke made the comment Wednesday at a dinner in New York hosted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Citing Israel’s exclusion from all U.N. regional groups and the annual “anti- Israel” resolutions brought before the General Assembly, Holbrooke said the only explanation for such “discrimination” is “a deep, subliminal, but undeniable hostility.”
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