The World - News from Nov. 12, 1985
The United Nations was asked to repeal a 10-year-old resolution that brands Zionism as a form of racism. The petition was signed by 800 world leaders, Nobel laureates and scientists, and President Reagan called the measure a “blot” on the U.N. record. The petition was presented by Israeli Ambassador Benjamin Netanyahu and the secretary general of the World Zionist Organization, Uzi Narkiss. M.T. Mehdi, president of the American Arab Relations Committee, predicted that the 1975 vote would be reaffirmed.
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