CAULDRON OF ANTI-ISRAEL AND ANTI-SEMITIC RHETORIC AND RESOLUTIONS

The annual UN World Conference Against Racism has long been dominated by third world countries sympathetic to the Palestinians. That conference has been a cauldron of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric and resolutions. Next year’s conference is slated to be held in New York and 18 U.S. Senators have called on the State Department to boycott that event. In view of Obama’s declared outreach to the Muslim world, the State Department may choose to ignore the boycott request.

SENATORS TELL US TO SKIP UN RACISM CONFERENCE

Newsmax.com
December 17, 2010

Eighteen U.S. senators led by New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand want the State Department to boycott a controversial United Nations anti-racism event slated for next Sept. 21 in New York City, The Wall Street Journal reports. The eleven Democrats and seven Republicans contend the Durban III World Conference Against Racism will itself become a racist forum for attacks on Israel and Jews.

Gillibrand said that scheduling the event so close to the epicenter and anniversary of 9-11 is “an insult to America.”

The U.S. boycotted Durban II, held in April 2009 in Geneva, over concerns about anti-Semitism. The remaining Western diplomats walked out during a speech in which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel “the most cruel and racist regime.”

Canada is already boycotting Durban III. The U.S. hasn't officially followed suit, but a State Department spokesman said that earlier Durban conferences “have not been constructive” and that “our concerns based on past outcomes remain.”