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Britain helped to kill ‘Zionism is Racism’ resolution at the UN (www.declassifieduk.org)
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Britain launched a “world wide lobbying exercise” to overturn a landmark United Nations (UN) resolution which recognised Zionism as racism, declassified files reveal.

The information is in a private exchange between John Major’s foreign secretary Douglas Hurd and pro-Israel lobbyist Sir Trevor Chinn in 1992.

Weeks earlier, the UN General Assembly had voted to revoke Resolution 3379 which designated Zionism as a form of “racism and racial discrimination”.

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[–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

It feels quite irresponsible to leave "in 1991" out of that headline. This isn't about something new that happened

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    I for one am glad that many years have passed and this Sir Trevor Chinn chap is no longer poisoning our democracy with all his rotten money.

    Now let me just consult this newspaper to confirm this situation... Oh God no!

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    • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Well, if you're the government responsible for the existence of modern-day Israel, makes sense that you'd want to whitewash that tomb. I mean, why do the right thing when that means admitting that you were wrong, amirite?

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