"THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

RECALLING its resolution 1904 (XVIII) of 20 November 1963, proclaiming the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and in particular its affirmation that 'any doctrine of racial differentiation or superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous' and its expression of alarm at 'the manifestations of racial discrimination still in evidence in some areas in the world, some of which are imposed by certain Governments by means of legislative, administrative or other measures'...

TAKING NOTE ALSO of the Political Declaration and Strategy to Strengthen International Peace and Security and to Intensify Solidarity and Mutual Assistance among Non-Aligned Countries, adopted at the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Countries held at Lima from 25 to 30 August 1975, which most severely condemned Zionism as a threat to world peace and security and called upon all countries to oppose this racist and imperalist ideology,

DETERMINES that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination."

[Editors Note: On Dec. 16, 1991, the UN General Assembly passed resolution 46/86 which revoked Resolution 3379 by a vote of 111 to 25, with 13 abstentions. According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "One of Israel's conditions for the participation of a UN observer in the Madrid Peace Conference [held on Oct. 30, 1991] was the revocation of the infamous resolution 3379 equaling Zionism with racism."]

Nov. 10, 1975 - United Nations (UN) 

"The truth is, while the U.S. still refuses to apologize for centuries of racism and slavery in its own history, Washington is also condoning the racism of its staunchest ally, Israel. Upon Israel’s request, the United States refuses to agree to wording that equates Zionism to racism. The wording of the charter isn’t a propaganda tool that Arab nations are throwing about, as the US corporate media would have one believe. In fact, most of the world’s countries have accepted that Zionism is tantamount to racism. Interestingly enough, Zionist leaders themselves call this “anti-semitism”, a charge often thrown about to ward off critics of Israel’s apartheid-like policies towards Palestinians."

Aug. 25, 2001 - Sarah Waheed, MA 

"I believe that zionism is racism, because in building Israel, the zionists were revising history, embracing the notion of racial superiority, an ideology that has empowered them to discriminate, with all of its associated social ills, injustices, and moral bankruptcy."

May 8, 2001 - Rabee Sahyoun 

"Since Zionism is a sort of racism, because its objectives oppose equality and justice, it must be eradicated and this objective should be adopted by international humanitarian organizations whether they are a part of the United Nations or independent of it."

2003 - Hassan Tahsin 

"The Zionist Movement is racial, colonial and aggressive in ideology, goals, organisation and method."

1964 - Fatah Constitution

"You dare talk of racism when I can point with pride to the Arab ministers who have served in my government; to the Arab deputy speaker of my Parliament; to Arab officers and men serving of their own volition in our border and police defense forces, frequently commanding Jewish troops; to the hundreds of thousands of Arabs from all over the Middle East crowding the cities of Israel every year; to the thousands of Arabs from all over the Middle East coming for medical treatment to Israel; to the peaceful coexistence which has developed; to the fact that Arabic is an official language in Israel on a par with Hebrew; to the fact that it is as natural for an Arab to serve in public office in Israel as it is incongruous to think of a Jew serving in any public office in an Arab country, indeed being admitted to many of them. Is that racism? It is not! That, Mr. President, is Zionism. Zionism is our attempt to build a society, imperfect though it may be, in which the visions of the prophets of Israel will be realized. "

Nov. 10, 1975 - Chaim Herzog 

"The debate over Zionism and racism is an Arab trick aimed at encouraging liberals to analyze the conflict between Palestinian and Jew using a simplistic victim-oppressor template. In arguing that Israel is racist, Arab propagandists rewrite history and overlook central facts. Israel is no more racist than the United States, no less democratic than Great Britain. Where it diverges from these two countries is in its response to challenges to the state. But there is good reason for this divergence. In Israel, unlike Western nations, challengers explicitly call for the out-and-out destruction of the state, and routinely brandish weapons that can evaporate small chunks of it. Is it any wonder Israelis are paranoid about security after 51 years of war? Do not mistake legitimate security responses aimed at preventing terrorist attacks -- expulsion, roadblocks, closures of the West Bank, targeted assassinations of terrorist leaders, etc. -- as symptoms of racism."

Aug. 28, 2001 - Neil Lochery, PhD 

"Negating Zionism, by claiming that Zionism equals racism, denies the Jews the right to identify, understand and imagine themselves -- and consequently behave as -- a nation. Anti-Zionists deny Jews a right that they all too readily bestow on others, first of all Palestinians."

Nov. 29, 2003 - Emanuele Ottolenghi, PhD 

"To equate Zionism with the intolerable sin of racism is to twist history and forget the terrible plight of Jews in World War II and indeed throughout history."

Sep. 23, 1991 - George Herbert Walker Bush 

"Our adversaries have commenced an effort to destroy the legitimacy of a kindred democracy through the incessant repetition of the Zionist-racist lie."

1982 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, PhD