Durban Conference

Twenty five years after Durban, equating Zionism with racism has become mainstream - editorial

The 2001 World Conference against Racism 2001 included a draft document equating Zionism with racism, targeting Israel alone for its right to exist.

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Head of Israeli delegation to the World Conference Against Racism, Ambassador Mordechai Yedid, addresses at a plenary meeting 03 September 2001, in Durban.
A march organized by the Muslim Judicial ahead of the Durban conference in Cape Town, August 2001.

The Durban Conference 25 years later: A blueprint for anti-Israel demonization - interview

The conference has become synonymous with discrimination of the anti-Zionist kind, and is considered by many the birthplace of modern anti-Israel rhetoric.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Outgoing President of NGO Monitor, Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg.

NGO Monitor founder Gerald Steinberg to step down after 25 years, Olga Deutsch to succeed him

Steinberg will transition to the role of president emeritus, while long-time Vice President Olga Deutsch will become CEO and president in the group's first-ever leadership transition.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the UNHRC on his report on the human rights situation in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.

The UN’s new Durban resolution is reinforcing racism - opinion

Surprisingly, Hamas’ October 7 massacre against Israel and the increased antisemitism that has followed the attacks are not mentioned in the resolution draft.

|ByDIANA KRIEF , ANDRIA SPINDEL

34 countries boycott Durban IV Conference

The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that 11 countries planned to boycott the conference that hadn't yet made their plans public, in addition to the 20 that had announced they would not be attending

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Demonstrators protest outside the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) in Durban August 31, 2001.

Recalling the 2001 Durban Conference 20 years later

For one of the few times in my career, I was unable to maintain my diplomatic facade.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021ByEFRAIM A. COHEN
CARTOONS FIT for the Nazi tabloid ‘Der Sturmer’ were widely distributed at the 2001 Durban conference.

Durban conference: ‘An anti-Israel festival’

A ‘Maariv’ correspondent looks back at his experience at the original Durban conference.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021ByARIK BENDER
PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS and Israeli delegates argue heatedly outside the conference, in Durban, September 2, 2001.

We should not commemorate the antisemitism of Durban - opinion

Seven years after the end of apartheid, a gathering came to Durban to misappropriate it against the Jewish state.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021ByROWAN POLOVIN
ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS emerge after Friday Islamic prayers in Durban, South Africa in 2014.

It’s time to reject racism but disconnect from Durban - opinion

The antisemitic actions in Durban tainted the whole UN Conference and its outcome.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021ByFELICE GAER
DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST outside the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

Erdan, Pompeo, others urge states to boycott Durban conference

The US, Australia, Italy, Croatia, Canada and Germany are among at least 18 countries boycotting one of the events over accusations of antisemitism and anti-Israel prejudice.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021ByHALEY COHEN
Demonstrators protest outside the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as the Durban Conference

The struggle against racism cannot be hijacked by antisemites - opinion

No single one of the 27 member states of the European Union must gratify the Durban Review Conference with its presence. Doing so accords further legitimacy to Israel haters.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021ByMOSHE KANTOR
PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

No Western state bid for speech, leading role at Durban

Declaration for anniversary conference does not roll back anti-Israel content; Romania joins boycott.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
PROTESTERS BRANDISH anti-Israel signs outside the Durban Conference opening session, August 31, 2001.

Does the Durban conference matter for Israel?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

Letters to the Editor September 13, 2021: Jail fail: Killers on the lam

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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