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May 6, 2021 Australia joins United States in boycotting the UN’s Durban Conference on racism, known to be a hornet’s nest of virulent anti-Semitism. By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel Australia is joining the United States in refusing to participate in the 20th anniversary events for the UN’s World Conference Against Racism in Durban, which singled out Israel for anti-Semitic resolutions, the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. “We will not associate Australia with one-sided and contentious language that singles out Israel or [with] an event that champions such language,” Prime Min...

Photo Credit: A panel at the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8, 2001. Jewish leaders on Wednesday praised the Biden administration for announcing that the United States will not participate in upcoming events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Program of Action. On Wednesday, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations chair Dianne Lob, CEO William Daroff and vice chair Malcolm Hoenlein issued a joint statement in support of the administration’s decision. Advertisement '); _avp.push({ tagid...

A pro-BDS demonstration. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Leading Jewish organizations welcomed the Biden administration’s decision to stick to the US policy of not attending any events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration in September due to their “anti-Israel sentiment.” A US State Department spokesperson told The Jerusalem Post Monday that the US would not take part in planned Durban anniversary events, saying that it “remains deeply committed to combating antisemitism at home and abroad. Furthermore, the United States stands with Israel and has always shared its co...

The Biden administration will not take part in events at the United Nations in the fall marking the 20th anniversary of the deeply controversial World Conference on Racism and the declaration it produced, a State Department official spokesperson confirmed on background in response to queries on Tuesday.

The conference had two elements, an NGO Forum and a Governmental Conference. The NGO Forum – with the enthusiastic participation of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch  – was where the BDS strategy started. It attacked every Jewish organization in attendance. Its final declaration called Israel a “racist apartheid state” guilty of “war crimes, acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing.” Statements denouncing attacks on Jews and synagogues were removed from the final declaration. The Governmental Conference was not as explicit in its antisemitism but it was no better. Its f...