The political slogan '''Zionism is racism''' brands Israel as an international outlaw and thus gain support for [[Islamic]] nationalism at the expense of [[Jewish]] nationalism.
The controversial claim that "'''[[Zionism]] is [[racism]]'''" has recurred many times in the context of [[United Nations]] debates and resolutions, especially since the [[1967 occupation of the West Bank and Gaza]] by the State of [[Israel]]. It has become in some circles an [[idiom]] or [[stock phrase]] to signal rejection of this occupation and demands for [[Israel]] to withdraw to the UN-mandated "Green Line".
On [[November 10]], [[1975]] the [[United Nations General Assembly]] adopted, by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), its [[UN Resolution 3379]], which states as its conclusion:
:Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.
The resolution also endorsed an August [[1975]] statement by the [[Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Countries]] (Lima, Peru), that:
:...severely condemned Zionism as a threat to world peace and security and called upon all countries to oppose this [[racism|racist]] and [[imperialism|imperalist]] ideology.
The resolution was actively debated and had a turbulent history until its revocation in [[1991]].
The resolution was explosively controversial at the time, and remains so; to see all Zionism as racism is considered by some to be [[anti-Semitic]] and thus itself racist. Furthermore, it was seen as a threat to the existence of the state of [[Israel]], which rendered resolution of regional conflict difficult.
Under pressure from the [[George W. Bush]] administration of the [[United States]], the phrase was omitted from the agenda of the [[United Nations Conference on Racism]] in [[Durban, South Africa]], and its final communiqué. Subsequently, under further pressure from this administration, [[Palestinian Authority]] and rival groups have backed away from the claim's original form.
==External link==
*[http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_un_zionism_racism.php Background on original resolution]
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