August 1949.2 So far it has not recognized the applicability of the Convention to all Arab territories, but it selects those provisions that benefit its occupation forces while denying those that protect the civilian population under occupation. 257. We have more than once said that what we are trying to tell the Council is that there is an alliance between the United States and Israel and a conspiracy against the Arab nation, particularly in that region of the Middle East. 258. There has been talk about democracy. We talk about Israeli democracy, that racist democracy. of course the Zionists have democracy; they have the right to vote. The white minority in South Africa has the right to vote, but the black majority does not have that right. The two situations are very similar. The Arabs in soxalled Israel do not have the rights given to the Israelis. In order not to prolong the discussion, I shall not give examples. 259. The freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution seems to apply only to those who praise and applaud Israel. I shall give a very small example in this connection. It relates to a professor at the State University at Stony Brook in Long Island. I quote the following excerpt from an article in i%e New York Times on 18 August: “mis professor] who was involved in a controversy two years ago-because a course he taught equated Zion- ism with racism has been denied tenure and will have to leave the University next year. L‘ -_ . . . l Quoted in English by the speaker. 22 ‘There were no objections to his teaching until a visiting Iraeli professor complained, in a 1983 letter to the adminis- tration, that Professor Dube’s linking of Zionism to racism 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement criticizing the United States and Israel's policies towards the Arab nations, specifically in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The speaker highlights the perceived imbalance in the application of international conventions, the lack of democracy and human rights in Israel, and the suppression of speech critical of Israel. The text does not discuss specific economic, environmental, or technological issues.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education, Culture