It equated jewish nationalism with racism moynihan recognized immediately that this resolution was a totalitarian assault against democracy itself because of resolution 3379 zionism was condemned in any conference or venue focusing on racism and that was done in total impunity for 16 years in a row. The conflict between zionism and palestinian nationalism which spanned most of the twentieth century is still raging the historiography of this conflict is h. Gil troys book about senator patrick moynihans fight to rescind the un resolution equating zionism with racism reveals the full extent of moynihans leadership intellect and integrity those qualities are sorely missed in the ongoing battles to prevent the delegitimization of israel being waged in the un assembly and elsewhere edward i koch. Moynihans moment americas fight against zionism as racism on november 10 1975 the general assembly of united nations passed resolution 3379 which declared zionism a form of racism afterward a tall man with long graying hair horned rim glasses and a bowtie stood to speak he pronounced his words with the rounded tones of a harvard