
At last, a bit of good news from the Obama Administration. An update on this story: “U.S. pulling out of ‘Durban II’ conference,” by Ron Kampeas for the JTA, February 27 (thanks to Pamela):
The Obama administration has decided to boycott the so-called Durban II conference out of concerns for anti-Semitism. Multiple sources on a conference call with the White House on Friday told JTA that the Obama administration had opted not to attend any further preparatory meetings ahead of the planned U.N. conference against racism in Geneva in April.
White House aides told Jewish leaders on a conference call today that the United States will boycott the United Nations’ World Conference on Racism over hostility to Israel in draft documents prepared for the April conference. Â
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After the founding of the United Nations, when the State of Israel and a Palestinian State were being debated, the United Nations produced reports covering 1946-1949, which were summarized and classified as “RESTRICTED” at the time of the summary report, 1949.These reports have been available at the United Nations web site for some time. They support the fact that the Arab States’ hatred for, and violent opposition to, a Jewish state was far more important than having a State of Palestine. This fact has not changed and is the reason that “land for peace” is only national suicide for Israel. It is important to note that the UN was then no lover of Israel, so the reports are not biased in Israel’s favor. Today, of course, the UN prejudices every official act against Israel, America’s veto notwithstanding. In fact the cited UN report was written during the time a Jewish group in Israel, the Stern Gang, was accused of assassinating UN Official Count Bernadotte from Sweden.Â













