Israel once honored the United Nations resolution of 1947 which was seen as a victory for the Zionist Movement. But in 1975, led by the Soviet Union and the Arab League, the UN voted to condemn Zionism as a form of racism. It resulted in rallies, protests and the renaming of UN Street to Zionism Street.
Hear the voices of those who defended Zionism as a Jewish liberation movement including:
* Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek, who renamed Rehov HaUm as Rehov HaZionut.
* Israeli Ambassador to the UN Chaim Herzog, who tore up a copy of the resolution in a dramatic speech.
* US Ambassador to the UN Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who defended Israel as a country in which any Jewish person of any ethnic background, including converts can become citizens.
* US President George Bush, who initiated rescinding the resolution in 1991.
* News reels from the 1947 UN Palestine Partition Plan
NOTES:
* Huge Rally Here Condemns U.N. Anti‐Zionism Move - New York Times, 1975
* UNITED NATIONS: Shock Waves from an Infamous Act - Time Magazine, 1975
* U.N. Rescinds Its Zionism Censure - LA Times, 1991
* Fighting the ‘Zionism is Racism’ Lie: Moynihan’s Historic U.N. Speech
* Chaim Herzog Speech to the UN on ‘Zionism is Racism’ - UN Watch
* UN Honored with United Nations Street sign, 1951 - JTA
* Teddy Kollek removes UN Street sign in Jerusalem, 1975 - British Pathe
* The 1975 “Zionism Is Racism” Resolution: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of a Libel - Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
* President Bush Calls for Repeal of UN 'Zionism is Racism' Resolution, 1991
* UN vote on Palestine Partition, 1947 - British Pathe
