As an assistant secretary of state in the George H.W. Bush administration, I worked vigorously to repeal a hateful United Nations General Assembly resolution equating Zionism with racism. Foreign diplomats frequently told me the effort was unnecessary. My Soviet counterpart, for example, said Resolution 3379 was only a piece of paper gathering dust on a shelf. We ignored the foreign objections and persisted because that abominable resolution cast a stain of illegitimacy...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 25, 2017 20:15 UTC