Iran Seeks to Bar Jews From Durban II
The 2001 World Conference Against Racism conference in Durban, South African also known as Durban I, was an anti-Semitic hate-fest (UN World Conference Against Racism Ramps up for More Jew Hatred). The follow-up conference (next year) is being planned by a committee which includes “human rights activists” such as Libya and Iran and is shaping up to be worse than the last one.
Iran which is chairing the conference preparation committee,is working to strike the first anti-Semitic blow, by barring Jewish groups at the UN Rights Commission’s conference on Racism (Durban II). The Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy applied for accreditation to the Conference, but Iran rejected the bid, claiming that the council, an umbrella group for major Jewish organizations, wasn’t a non-profit organization, and had made no significant contribution to fighting racism: charges the group calls “absolutely wrong.
The Toronto Star has the full story below: