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August 30, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/29/europe/EU-GEN-EU-Palestinians-Conference.php

EU Lawmakers Protest Anti-Israel UN Conference

[AP/International Herald Tribune] A UN-sponsored conference on the rights of Palestinians opens this week at the European Parliament, despite protests by Israel and European Union lawmakers who say the meeting's organizers have an anti-Israel agenda. Israel views the committee as a legacy of the 1975 UN General Assembly resolution - revoked in 1991 - that equated Zionism with racism. "It is absolutely improper and offensive that a conference like this is now taking place at the premises of the European Parliament," said Czech legislator Jana Hybaskova, chairwoman of the parliament's Delegation for Relations with Israel.

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