This statement was delivered today by Sam Cohen of the Jewish Leadership Council to the Durban Review Conference:
Mr Chairman, I am making this statement on behalf of the Jewish Leadership Council as a member of the Jewish Human Rights Coalition - UK.
Some have suggested that this conference has been dominated by a particular set of [...]
Statement on behalf of a coalition of more than 10 international Jewish organisations including: Community Security Trust, World Jewish Congress, European Jewish Congress, Jewish Leadership Council, South African Board of Jewish Deputies, CEJI, World Union of Jewish Students, Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jewish Human Rights Coalition-UK, NGO Monitor, Women’s International Zionist Organization. European [...]
Some say the action played into Ahmadinejad’s hands, but it was a necessary reminder that this forum is not a podium for hatred.
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As United Nations and NGO delegates pack their bags to leave Geneva, the city where 500 years ago Calvin arrived to preach his austere moralising version of Christianity which culminated [...]
There are a number of British NGOs attending Durban II to help fight racism worldwide. However, some of the NGOs and their representatives have formed unusual alliances. The photo below, for example, is of two groups that have been cooperating during the conference.
Despite the open antisemitism of the New Black Panther Party, Neturei Karta [...]