Comments on: The Jew and the Durban Review http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/the-jew-and-the-durban-review/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Wed, 23 May 2012 08:45:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: jackson Dyer http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/the-jew-and-the-durban-review/#comment-4819 jackson Dyer Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:32:26 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1231#comment-4819 Many blogers seem to have missed this: Liveblogging Durban II, III Your View, April 23rd 2009, 1:35 pm "This is a guest post by UJS Students in Geneva" "So far today, two Jewish students from the UK have been subjected to antisemitic abuse: both around themes of Jews controlling the world, being hated by non-Jews and a more serious incident involving accusations of Jewish responsibility for slavery. Racism at this ‘anti-racism’ conference has become too common but the complete lack of interest in fighting it is worse. Comments and abuse are not the only change in atmosphere today. This afternoon we will see the start of the NGO statements on the conference which will no doubt be littered with more abuse. Alongside those statements we’ve seen a proliferation in side events and dodgy literature. One side event of particular interest is being hosted by the IHRC with a smattering of the usual UK faces. The speaker list is Chair Mr Mohideen Abdul Kader, Ms Asma Jahangir, Mr Babacar, Mr Doudo Diene , Dr Daud Abdullah, Mr Michel Warschawski, Mr Massoud Shadjareh, Imam Achmad Cassiem – certainly some familiar names. Updates from that when we hear them. I’ve picked up one piece of literature of particular interest to those of us from the UK; entitled Dignity and Justice for the Palestinian People. It calls for the total eradication of “Israel’s racist regime” and makes clear (even underlining the point) that it refers to the struggle of “the entire Palestinian people in historic Palestine (OPT and Israel) and in exile.” The booklet is supported by PACBI, BRICUP, PSC, Palestine Return Centre and bizarrely the Development Planning Unit of the University of Central London amongst a host of others. This conference has certainly taken a turn for the worse…again!" http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/23/liveblogging-durban-ii-iii/ Many blogers seem to have missed this:

Liveblogging Durban II, III

Your View, April 23rd 2009, 1:35 pm

“This is a guest post by UJS Students in Geneva”

“So far today, two Jewish students from the UK have been subjected to antisemitic abuse: both around themes of Jews controlling the world, being hated by non-Jews and a more serious incident involving accusations of Jewish responsibility for slavery. Racism at this ‘anti-racism’ conference has become too common but the complete lack of interest in fighting it is worse.

Comments and abuse are not the only change in atmosphere today. This afternoon we will see the start of the NGO statements on the conference which will no doubt be littered with more abuse. Alongside those statements we’ve seen a proliferation in side events and dodgy literature.

One side event of particular interest is being hosted by the IHRC with a smattering of the usual UK faces. The speaker list is Chair Mr Mohideen Abdul Kader, Ms Asma Jahangir, Mr Babacar, Mr Doudo Diene , Dr Daud Abdullah, Mr Michel Warschawski, Mr Massoud Shadjareh, Imam Achmad Cassiem – certainly some familiar names. Updates from that when we hear them.

I’ve picked up one piece of literature of particular interest to those of us from the UK; entitled Dignity and Justice for the Palestinian People. It calls for the total eradication of “Israel’s racist regime” and makes clear (even underlining the point) that it refers to the struggle of “the entire Palestinian people in historic Palestine (OPT and Israel) and in exile.” The booklet is supported by PACBI, BRICUP, PSC, Palestine Return Centre and bizarrely the Development Planning Unit of the University of Central London amongst a host of others.

This conference has certainly taken a turn for the worse…again!”

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/23/liveblogging-durban-ii-iii/

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