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Is it Amnesia or Amnesty
When even Israels far-left Rabbis for Human Rights warn that the 2009 UN Conference on Racism could turn into an anti-Israel hate fest like the 2001 Durban affair, then all of us should worry.
Durban 2009: Canada says it will not participate
The Canadian Government has issued a press release on Durban 2009 which states that they had “hoped that the preparatory process for the 2009 Durban Review Conference would remedy the mistakes of the past,” but that “We have concluded that, despite our efforts, it will not. Canada will therefore not participate in the 2009 conference.”
PHR-I "Double Standard": Excerpts from Richard Hortons 2007 Visit to Gaza and Israel: A Fools Journey
These are excerpts from Professor Elihu D. Richter MD MPH: Richard Hortons 2007 Visit to Gaza and Israel: A Fools Journey.
Averting another Durban
Something good is happening in the world of human rights NGOs in Israel, and just maybe beyond Israel.A hint comes through the small but influential Rabbis for Human Rights organization, which last week signed on to an international petition calling for the prevention of another anti-Israel and anti-Semitic fiasco such as that witnessed at the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) at Durban, South Africa.
Correspondence between Alwyn Knight, member of Christian Peacemaker Teams and Ardie Geldman, resident of Efrat.
Alwyn Knight of CPT writes to Ardie Geldman, following a visit by CPT to Geldman's Efrat home. Knight writes "on behalf of the group" and repeats claims made by "a spokesperson for the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions," that "sewerage works for Efrat, is being built we understand on land confiscated from local Palestinian farmers." Geldman refutes this claim, and many others: "the pipes you describe are not sewerage pipes. They are rainwater and irrigation water drainage pipes The land in question was filled in by the army, and to prevent flooding these drainage pipes were installed. So, contrary to what you were told and what you did see with your own eyes, the land you visited is not owned by Palestinian farmers, the pipes you saw are not sewerage pipes, and the city of Efrat has nothing to do with this project."
Dec 07- Jan 08: NGO Monitor Correspondence with Christian Peacemaker Teams, December 2007 - January 2008 [UPDATED]
In December 2007, NGO Monitor sent its draft report on the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), to the NGO for a response. CPT responded that it "does not agree with the views that you express in your report about our work. You .ignored other articles we published such as ones about our visit to Sderot and about the Israeli armys provision of water to Palestinian residents of Wadi Ghroos." However CPT failed to provide these reports to NGO Monitor when requested. The following is the email correspondence with CPT.
Keeping hate off the agenda
At the Durban conference, Israels enemies organized a takeover in which every other item was pushed aside in favor of demonizing Israel. The strategy of Israels enemies using international organizations isnt new, but the degree to which this was orchestrated by non-governmental organizations, mostly Palestinian, and facilitated by the biggest of them like Amnesty International was.
Response to Joshua Rubensteins "Letter to the Editor: Conference Sets Its Own Agenda"
Your letter in the Boston Jewish Advocate (December 27, in response to Charles Jacobs) included a welcome condemnation of the hijacking of human rights that took place at the NGO Forum of the 2001 UN-sponsored Durban Conference, in which Amnesty was an active participant.
