1.  But Arab officials have rejected that proposal, saying they want Israel to be condemned as a racist state.

2.  He insists Arizona never had a stigma as a racist state.

3.  It was this mind-set that helped create the image of a state too racist to host the Super Bowl.

4.  The declaration was almost undone at the last minute by the renewed insistence of Arab states and their supporters to single out Israel by name as a racist state.

5.  The Rev. Jesse Jackson said upon arriving in South Africa Thursday that the controversy over attempts to label Israel a racist state should not dominate the conference.

6.  We are talking about a racist state, institutional racism.

7.  And no Arab country will be able to cooperate economically with a country like Israel, whose aggression bypassed by far any racist state.

8.  Arab nations and Palestinian activists have tried to get the conference to label Israel a racist state.

9.  Arab activists and nations have lobbied to have Israel declared a racist state because of the way it treats Palestinians.

10.  Arab activists and nations have lobbied to have Israel declared a racist state during the conference because of the way it treats Palestinians.