Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday commemorated the 50th anniversary of his father’s iconic performance at the United Nations, when then-ambassador to the world body Chaim Herzog ripped apart a U.N. resolution that labeled Zionism a form of racism.

“Fifty years have passed since that defining speech, chosen as one of the speeches that changed the world,” the president tweeted, referring to Chaim Herzog’s address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Nov. 10, 1975.

“For us, the Jewish people, this is nothing more than a piece of paper, and we will treat it as such,” Herzog famously declared from the podium, tearing Resolution 3379 in half.

The president drew parallels from the anti-Israel atmosphere back then to the hostility toward the Jewish state today in the wake of

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