Durban Conference

Twenty-five years after 9/11: Looking back at the 'Before Times' for American Jewry

Despite the conspiracy theories that tried to pin the attacks on Israelis and Jews, the dominant narrative was that Israel and the United States were engaged in battle against a common enemy.

The new 9/11 Memorial Wall is seen at One Police Plaza in New York, on September 9, 2026.
Head of Israeli delegation to the World Conference Against Racism, Ambassador Mordechai Yedid, addresses at a plenary meeting 03 September 2001, in Durban.

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

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

Outgoing President of NGO Monitor, Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg.

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The first Durban Conference devolved into a ‘festival of hate'

Nine Jewish officials who were at the 2001 conference speak about the watershed moments that left them in shock.

Demonstrators protest outside the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as the Durban Conference

New Zealand, Cyprus to also boycott Durban IV conference

The declaration passed by countries participating in the 2001 conference in Durban only mentions one country by name as a perpetrator of racism: Israel.

ARGUMENTS FLARE outside the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, infamous for equating Zionism with racism.

Italy, Croatia bring countries boycotting Durban conference to 14

Countries that boycotted Durban conferences in the past but have yet to state their position this year are Poland and New Zealand.

Demonstrators protest outside the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as the Durban Conference

Herzog asks foreign diplomats to urge their nations to boycott Durban Conference

Herzog was speaking at the annual state reception hosted just ahead of Rosh Hashanah by the president of Israel and the Foreign Minister for the foreign diplomatic corps.

President Herzog addressing the foreign diplomatic corps.

Antisemitism: September 2021 – the world's oldest hatred lives on - opinion

Today, Jews are blamed for COVID-19 where online illustrated hatred of Jews would easily have found a place in Der Stürmer.

 TODAY, ONLINE illustrated hatred of Jews would easily have found a place in ‘Der Sturmer.’

Largest Belgian party calls on gov’t to boycott Durban conference

The conservative opposition party New Flemish Alliance Party (N-VA) said Belgium should join its neighbors in boycotting Durban IV next month.

 Michael Freilich, Federaal Kamerlid (N-VA)

Bulgaria opts out of Durban IV Conference citing antisemitism

Countries other than Bulgaria opting out of Durban IV are Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and France.

Demonstrators protest outside the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as the Durban Conference

Pro-Israel lawyers urge European countries to drop 'antisemitic' UN conference

The International Legal Forum argues that states that adopted the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism should not attend a conference that operates in violation of IHRA's tenets.

PROTESTERS BRANDISH anti-Israel signs outside the Durban Conference opening session, August 31, 2001.

How Israelis can fight the Durban conference's Jew-hatred - opinion

It’s self-defeating to claim to oppose antisemitism while overlooking one of its most popular forms today – namely, anti-Zionism.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.