Durban Conference

The UN’s new Durban resolution is reinforcing racism - opinion

Surprisingly, Hamas’ October 7 massacre against Israel and the increased antisemitism that has followed the attacks are not mentioned in the resolution draft.

|ByDIANA KRIEF , ANDRIA SPINDEL
Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the UNHRC on his report on the human rights situation in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Nelson Mandela’s oldest grandson, Mandla Mandela, speaks during a protest by Palestinian supporters calling for Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, to withdraw from the Miss Universe pageant in Israel on November 19, 2021.

Is Israel an apartheid state? A narrative's origins in South Africa

Can Israel really be regarded as an apartheid state in the way that South Africa was when it was ruled by the Afrikaner Nationalist Party?

|BySANDRA LEE BRAUDE
MARCHING IN Cape Town, South Africa, August 21, 2001, ahead of the Durban conference. Thousands from the city’s Muslim community joined in.

The Durban Conference perpetuates hate - opinion

Intended to explore ways to end racism and promote awareness of intolerance, the Durban Conference devolved into a public display of anti-Jewish rhetoric.

|ByRICHARD D. HEIDEMAN
Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde arrives for the EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium May 10, 2021.

Swedish foreign minister in Israel marking thaw in relations

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde will be the first Swedish foreign minister to visit Israel since Sweden recognized a Palestinian state in 2014, sparking a diplomatic row.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV

Herzog calls on global Jewry to undermine Durban 'conference of hate'

New president calls for countries to adopt legislation allowing for the prosecution of antisemitism, and to adopt the IHRA definition to facility combating Jew-hatred around the world.

JULY 13, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
ISAAC HERZOG addresses the Knesset for the first time as president on Wednesday.

Czech Republic becomes ninth state to boycott Durban conference

Durban IV is meant to mark the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Racism in the South African city of the same name.

JULY 12, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
The flag of the Czech Republic is seen waving.

Austria joins Durban Conference boycott

“Austria supports efforts to combat racism worldwide, while rejecting the misuse of the Durban process to unfairly single out and target Israel,” the Austrian Embassy in Israel said on Friday.

JULY 10, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV, TOVAH LAZAROFF
People take pictures of a light symbol, marking the place where Viennese synagogues once stood before they were destroyed, after a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, also known as Night of Broken Glass, in front of a then destroyed Synagogue in Vienna, Austria November 8, 2018.

Netherlands is seventh country to boycott Durban IV

"This decision was taken due to the history of the Durban-process, the risk that this platform will once again be misused for antisemitic expressions."

JULY 9, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
PROTESTERS BRANDISH anti-Israel signs outside the Durban Conference opening session, August 31, 2001.