U.N. VOTES: “Zionism Is a Form of RACISM”

Fifty years ago, in November 1975, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 3379 declaring that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination,” by a vote of 72–35 with 32 abstentions.

In this video, I break down how that resolution happened, who pushed it, and why it became one of the most controversial decisions in U.N. history. Backed mainly by Arab, Soviet, and many African states, the resolution tried to brand the Jewish national movement as a racist ideology, prompting fierce responses from Israel’s ambassador Chaim Herzog and U.S. ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who called it “a great evil loosed upon the world.”