very funny..if someone was holding a meeting about islam and terrorism all the western countries along with the zionist state would go and encourage others to attend too,but because its about israel and the suffering its causing in palestine everybody is being encouraged not to attend,and every western country that refuses to attend you know whose running that country?JEWS. Worried Israel lobbies against anti-racism forum Mon, 16 Feb 20http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=85829§ionid=35102020209 <http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=85829§ionid=35102020209> 10:48:14 GMT Dan Gillerman Former Israeli UN ambassador Dan Gillerman asks Australia not to send a delegation to a UN conference on racism known as "Durban II". "Keep away from Durban," Dan Gillerman told Australian daily The Age on Monday, adding that the forum would be used as a platform to bash Israel. The United Nations is scheduled to hold the 2009 World Conference Against Racism in Geneva in April. Israel's ambassador to the UN from 2003 until September last year also said the conference was a "charade". "Countries like Australia who, to my mind, represents the best of what democracy and civilization can be, shouldn't take part in this charade," Gillerman said. In November, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni announced that Israel would boycott the conference because "it was turning once again into an anti-Israeli tribunal". Last month, Canada announced that it was also boycotting the conference. France, Britain and the Netherlands may also pull out, while the United States is sending diplomats next week to participate in preparatory meetings for the forum. Israel also has been pressing the Obama administration to stay away from the meeting, according to US officials. However, the State Department said in a statement Saturday, "the intent of our participation is to work to try to change the direction in which the review conference is heading." During the Bush administration the US and Israel walked out of the first UN conference on racism in Durban, South Africa in 2001 over efforts to pass a resolution comparing Zionism to racism. Those efforts failed but there are signs the resolution may be reintroduced at the "Durban II" meeting in Geneva. AGB/DT
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