Bayefsky: Obama Double-Deals On Durban II
Anne Bayefsky says the Obama administration is double-dealing on Israel, pandering as much as possible to the antisemites at the UN while appearing to be pro-Israel.
Durban II, scheduled for Geneva in April, is the U.N.’s attempt at a rerun of the 2001 global anti-Semitic hate fest held in Durban, South Africa.
After sowing confusion over the phone lines, the State Department chose late Friday night to put the real deal in print. Their release reads: “the current text of the draft outcome document is not salvageable,” and “the United States will not … participate in a conference based on this text,” but we will “re-engage if a document that meets [our] criteria becomes the basis for deliberations.” A new version must be: “shorter,” “not reaffirm in toto the flawed 2001 Durban Declaration,” “not single out any one country or conflict,” and “not embrace the troubling concept of ”defamation of religion.“
And by the way, it continued, the U.S. will ”participate” for the first time in the U.N. Human Rights Council.
All of this leaves the American people not knowing whether they’re coming or going.
Frank says: