Why was the Durban UN World Conference Against Racism in 2001 anti-Israel?
Anti-Israel forces used the United Nations World Conference Against Racism — held in Durban, South Africa, in September 2001 — to continue their campaign to de-legitimize Israel with unfounded charges of racism. In addition, the anti-Semitic and anti-Israel forces tried to eliminate any mention of anti-Semitism as being a form of racism. In their warped view, Israel is guilty of racism but groups and nations that spread virulent hatred of the Jews are not. The final preparatory meeting of the Asia group, to develop the agenda for Durban, was held in Tehran, Iran, a location designed to exclude Jewish groups. This outrageous manipulation of the process produced the expected result. Delegates adopted a resolution accusing Israel of “racist” laws and “genocidal” behavior. The Tehran document proposed further to replace any references to anti-Semitism as a form of racism with the insidious phrase, “Zionist practices against Semitism,” thus attempting to undermine the idea that hatred of
