"If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions."
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Political leadersPoliticians from IsraelForeign Affairs Ministers of IsraelIsraeli Permanent Representatives to the United NationsPeople from Cape Town
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Comment about the United Nations General Assembly, as quoted in The Guardian (3 February 2004). Reputedly stated between the Six-Day War in 1967 and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 in 1975 (revoked in 1991) which claimed Zionism is a form of racism.
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Abba Eban
Abba Eban (February 2, 1915 – November 16, 2002), born Aubrey Solomon Eban, was an Israeli diplomat, politician and author. He was born in South Africa and educated in England.
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