Zionism Equated with Racism: UN Resolution 3379 Passes
The United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, declaring Zionism a form of racism, in a deeply divisive vote that split the international community along Cold War lines. The resolution was repealed sixteen years later in 1991, but its passage poisoned Arab-Israeli diplomacy for a generation and remains one of the most contested acts in UN history.
November 10, 1975
51 years ago
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