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"Dan Kosky, communications director for the Jerusalem-based organization NGO Monitor – a close observer of the Durban process – said Monday the U. S. decision could be a catalyst. ‘Leaders in the U.K., France, Italy and Holland in particular have in the past indicated that if red lines are irreversibly crossed, they too will conclude that the conference has nothing positive to offer and decide not to attend,’ he said. ‘The decision by the U.S. is further evidence that the Durban II process cannot be salvaged and increases the chances that other Western democracies will stay away.’"