Durban Conference
NGO Monitor founder Gerald Steinberg to step down after 25 years, Olga Deutsch to succeed him
Steinberg will transition to the role of president emeritus, while long-time Vice President Olga Deutsch will become CEO and president in the group's first-ever leadership transition.
The UN’s new Durban resolution is reinforcing racism - opinion
Is Israel an apartheid state? A narrative's origins in South Africa
The Durban Conference perpetuates hate - opinion
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
France 11th state to boycott Durban conference over antisemitism fears
Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, Hungary, Austria, Netherlands and the Czech Republic are also boycotting the conference.
Why Durban IV must be boycotted - opinion
On paper, the Durban Conference was supposed to recommit to the fight against “racism, xenophobia and intolerance,” but in reality it it was the occasion of an inexcusable three-faceted failure.
Germany will boycott the Durban IV conference
Berlin will not attend the UN event known as the Durban conference, which has a history of antisemitism and Holocaust denial • France has yet to announce its position