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Durban II drafts: Israel is racist, occupying state
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Racism 

Draft resolutions for the United Nations Durban II summit on racism brand Israel as an occupying state that carries out racist policies, Haaretz has learned.

The resolutions appear to confirm concerns that the second World Conference Against Racism will be used by Arab nations and others to criticize Israel. Despite those concerns, the United States said last week it would participate in planning the summit.

United Nations sources relayed on Friday that the resolutions, which will be voted upon at the summit, were formulated at a planning session held by a number of nations in Geneva last week.
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They refer to "the plight of Palestinian refugees and other inhabitants of the Arab occupied territories," apparently meaning Israel itself.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that under debate at the session was whether to include a line that the Holocaust "resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people."

Israel and a number of other countries have already decided to boycott the summit, which is set to be held in Geneva, Switzerland in April.

In a statement released last week, the State Department said the U.S. delegation to the planning discussions would review current direction of conference preparations and whether U.S. participation in the conference itself is warranted.

"This will be the first opportunity the [Obama] administration has had to engage in the negotiations for the Durban Review, and - in line with our commitment to diplomacy - the U.S. has decided to send a delegation to engage in the negotiations on the text of the conference document," the department said.


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      2.   i must say something mr. shamir 00:29  |  abraham 01/01/09
      3.   Israel Shall Blossom & Bud & Fill The Face Of The EarthWithFruit 00:30  |  Lavi 01/01/09
      4.   Devil II 00:05  |  Damon 01/01/09
      5.   Conquered Land belongs to the Conquerors 00:31  |  Son of Man 01/01/09
      6.   History 00:45  |  GS 01/01/09
      7.   To S(D) (#1) 00:06  |  Morris Valentine 01/01/09
      8.   Anti-semites against racism 00:29  |  Sam 01/01/09
      9.   To Gs 00:33  |  yosi 01/01/09
      10.   Son, you spell out the formula for WWIII over Settler Enterprise 00:44  |  Ivar 01/01/09
      11.   Go as green as you wish, Lavi, on YOUR SIDE of Green Line 00:45  |  Ivar 01/01/09
      12.   The truth hurts... 00:47  |  Victor 01/01/09
      13.   before accusing Israel of racism 00:47  |  Lola 01/01/09
      14.   Human rights bias of some neutral observers 00:48  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      15.   Durban II - now Obama will show his true colors 00:51  |  Nechama 01/01/09
      16.   6 Day War and Resolution 242 00:55  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      17.   Is Israel Racist? 00:57  |  Hank Curtis 01/01/09
      18.   hey, abraham 00:58  |  lothar 01/01/09
      19.   Another copy pasted abstract 00:59  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      20.   Don`t forget Canada Is An Occupying State 00:13  |  Brad 01/01/09
      21.   Give it a rest Morris-Stop your humpty dumpty act 00:17  |  anton 01/01/09
      22.   to GS of Houston 00:18  |  yosef of israel 01/01/09
      23.   Expansive Zionism sin, Swiss#1 00:27  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      24.   freedom of speech 00:28  |  LanosIceland 01/01/09
      25.   Human rights for some neutral observers, 2nd try 00:29  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      26.   Re:Lavi your right 00:33  |  Frederick Bainhauer 01/01/09
      27.   durban 2: what the us are going to do there??? 00:34  |  orly 01/01/09
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      29.   Swiss (Dino) # 1 Allegations 00:39  |  Jeff Northridge 01/01/09
      30.   Swiss (Dino) _ Nothing Is fair About Being Jewish 00:42  |  Eli 01/01/09
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      32.   Anton_ There is A difference Between Racism And The Need For 00:46  |  Eli 01/01/09
      33.   Durban 2 Drafts.. 00:47  |  Stephen. 01/01/09
      34.   Expansive Zionism sin, Swiss#1, 2nd try 00:55  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      35.   Human rights for some neutral observers, 3rd try 00:56  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      36.   #3 Lavi 00:03  |  BDS 01/01/09
      37.   #5 Son of Man 00:09  |  BDS 01/01/09
      38.   way off, anton 00:10  |  yosef of israel 01/01/09
      39.   #8 Brad 00:10  |  BDS 01/01/09
      40.   Arab Nations Most Discriminatory in World!!! 00:32  |  Baruch Gold 01/01/09
      41.   To Anton (#9) 00:33  |  Morris Valentine 01/01/09
      42.   #5 Conquest became illegal in the 20th century, Son of Man 00:42  |  Johnboy 01/01/09
      43.   how does being at war with arabs make it a racist? 00:51  |  zionist forever 01/01/09
      44.   #8 That was then and this is now, Brad 00:55  |  Johnboy 01/01/09
      45.   # 7 Morris Valentine 00:09  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/01/09
      46.   It`ll be `constructive engagement,` etc 00:13  |  Colin Wright 01/01/09
      47.   To Yosef 00:19  |  GS 01/01/09
      48.   Morris Valentine # 7 re Swis D 00:23  |  American in NY 01/01/09
      49.   Jewish only settlements 00:29  |  dan 01/01/09
      50.   #3 Lavi ..a garden of thorns 00:42  |  maoriboy 01/01/09
      51.   I hope Australia boycotts Durban II 00:44  |  Jared 01/01/09
      52.   1 million israeli arabs vote in Israel 00:45  |  Marcelo 01/01/09
      53.   Glass house dweller 00:47  |  Yindi 01/01/09
      54.   Johnboy - Only since 1949 00:56  |  Reid 01/01/09
      55.   States criticizing Israel are hypocrites 00:57  |  Marco 01/01/09
      56.   Your propagana machine in trouble 00:06  |  billy jack 01/01/09
      57.   Nothing has changed, Johnboy 00:07  |  Historian 01/01/09
      58.   overlooked 00:27  |  victor 01/01/09
      59.   #16 BDS: Do You Know What Natural Event Caused The Green Line? 00:33  |  Lavi 01/01/09
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      61.   Son (#5) 00:07  |  jjvanka 01/01/09
      62.   Apartheid 00:15  |  Mark 01/01/09
      63.   JOHNBOY THE arbiter of International law.There is NO border 00:27  |  PETER SM 01/01/09
      64.   #21 - Green line was never a recognized border 00:32  |  Boris 01/01/09
      65.   Baruch know-it-all 00:47  |  john and the TRUTH! 01/01/09
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      67.   BDS Have Native Americans given you title to your house? 00:59  |  PETER SM 01/01/09
      68.   son of man 00:14  |  john and the TRUTH! 01/01/09
      69.   Son of Apes 00:25  |  john spear 01/01/09
      70.   21 00:45  |  zionist forever 01/01/09
      71.   8 Canada conquest 00:14  |  John , Canadian 01/01/09
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      73.   #54 - Mark 00:11  |  MichaelF 01/01/09
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      76.   BDS 00:57  |  Brad 01/01/09
      77.   CHOSEN WORLD 00:00  |  DANNY 01/01/09
      78.   John Canadian 00:03  |  Brad 01/01/09
      79.   racist, totalitarian states having a ball 00:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/01/09
      80.   Johnboy # 34 & 36 The UN Charter 00:13  |  Jeff Northridge 01/01/09
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      82.   Yeah Well How About Iran? 00:48  |  Yosemite 01/01/09
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      89.   # 29 Jeff Northridge 00:41  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/01/09
      90.   Peter SM - and before the Jews...? 00:41  |  Palestinian Brit 01/01/09
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      93.   LanosIceland... 00:57  |  Jacob 01/01/09
      94.   77: Pal Brit continues lying 00:00  |  David Teich 01/01/09
      95.   75: Dino continues to claim that history doesn`t matter 00:03  |  David Teich 01/01/09
      96.   who are the accusers? 00:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/01/09
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      98.   swiss (dino) 00:30  |  scallywag 01/01/09
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      102.   #101 Black South African......that`s telling them!! 00:41  |  Lynn 01/01/09
      103.   Mark of Melbourne...Canada won`t be attending 00:44  |  Lynn 01/01/09
      104.   Swiss (Dino) # 89 Withdrawals 00:46  |  Jeff Northridge 01/01/09
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      106.   Mark - former Soth African 00:03  |  Sarah 01/01/09
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      108.   CHANGE NAME 00:53  |  The Teacher/Instruct 01/01/09
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      114.   To Kathy 00:31  |  Gene 01/01/09
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      116.   lola # 13 00:38  |  al 01/01/09
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      119.   # 116 Tries to muddy the waters and...Shame .. 00:13  |  Whiskey 01/01/09
      120.   Israel is not an occupying power 00:17  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/01/09
      121.   Roo (#117) & Hendrik Verwoerd 00:26  |  Gil 01/01/09
      122.   #117 Roo 00:32  |  Daybreak 01/01/09
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      124.   Israel is not an occupying state nor is it racist 00:45  |  davidson county 01/01/09
      125.   RELIGIOUS MYTHS 00:51  |  CHOSEN WORLD 01/01/09
      126.   Black South African on Apartheid-Mark was right 00:54  |  Roo 01/01/09
      127.   Durban II hate propaganda 00:01  |  Manuel 01/01/09
      128.   MANY JEWS REJECT ISRAEL`S RACIST THUGS 00:09  |  CHOSEN WORLD 01/01/09
      129.   Supplement to Black S. African #101, 8 try 00:12  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      130.   ISRAELI RACISM, OCCUPATION 00:14  |  CHOSEN WORLD 01/01/09
      131.   Mark (#62) And the New South Africa 00:14  |  Gil 01/01/09
      132.   Mark (#62) And the New South Africa 00:15  |  Gil 01/01/09
      133.   Whiskey-have a whiskey 00:24  |  Roo 01/01/09
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      135.   Chris Linthwaite (#120) Actually the Arabs living in the WB 00:03  |  Gil 01/01/09
      136.   #122, so-called "chosen world" 00:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/01/09
      137.   Chris Linthwaite (#120) Actually the Arabs living in the WB 00:09  |  Gil 01/01/09
      138.   Roo, what a mess! 00:10  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      139.   all those who have never been to Israel please come before 00:13  |  JO 01/01/09
      140.   Gil wants to change subject 00:30  |  Roo 01/01/09
      141.   Roo, peddling falsehoods 00:35  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/01/09
      142.   #124 davidson county.Israel is not an occupying state nor is it 00:37  |  Whiskey 01/01/09
      143.   Israel and racism 00:38  |  Lazarus 01/01/09
      144.   "oil controlled by dictators"--Barak Obama 00:46  |  a wandering Jew 01/01/09
      145.   #123albert paul ortiz.durban II drafts: U N is islamic run body 00:48  |  Whiskey 01/01/09
      146.   Denial 00:49  |  Andrew Brian 01/01/09
      147.   Chris Linthwaite (#120) Actually the Arabs living in the WB 00:49  |  Gil 01/01/09
      148.   Chris Linthwaite (#120) Actually the Arabs living in the WB 00:51  |  Gil 01/01/09
      149.   The Bottom Line 00:01  |  Roger 01/01/09
      150.   CHOSEN WORLD CANADA *** ALL POSTS 00:07  |  Whiskey 01/01/09
      151.   #62 Mark: Applying A Lever To Ignorance Only Heightens ... 00:10  |  Lavi 01/01/09
      152.   #11 Ivar: Get Out Much, Especially To the Middle East? 00:11  |  Lavi 01/01/09
      153.   #81 hala: Get Out Much? Especially To The Middle East? 00:12  |  Lavi 01/01/09
      154.   A rose is still a rose--as is a thorn by any name 00:20  |  Labhras 01/01/09
      155.   A rose is still a rose--as is a thorn by any name 00:20  |  Labhras 01/01/09
      156.   Daybreak 00:23  |  Roo 01/01/09
      157.   Daybreak 00:34  |  Roo 01/01/09
      158.   Roo (#134) So they said, So what? 00:35  |  Gil 01/01/09
      159.   Sceptic-regarding the `Roads` 00:39  |  Roo 01/01/09
      160.   #156 Roo 00:01  |  Daybreak 01/01/09
      161.   Amazing revelation 00:16  |  Michael(UK) 01/01/09
      162.   #54 Reid barks up the wrong tree.... 00:30  |  Johnboy 01/01/09
      163.   Swiss....land for peace 00:54  |  Lynn 01/01/09
      164.   lazarus did they tell Israel to sit still and not move during the 00:37  |  lily 01/01/09
      165.   Aloni vs Roo, 7th try 00:01  |  Sceptic 01/01/09
      166.   #80 JeffN, so many mistakes, Part 2 00:04  |  Johnboy 01/01/09
      167.   #80 JeffN, so many mistakes, Part 3 00:48  |  Johnboy 01/01/09
      168.   Real Apartheid 00:54  |  utagawa 01/01/09
      169.   Rooo wants it both ways 00:53  |  Lynn 01/01/09
      170.   Racism against Christians 00:24  |  George Jacobs 01/01/09
      171.   #4 - Earth to Damon - Devil ll 00:24  |  Bush 01/01/09
      172.   166: JB and the usual Orwellian drivel (6th try) 00:11  |  David Teich 01/01/09
      173.   155: And, Labhras, a liar is still a liar (9th try) 00:02  |  David Teich 01/01/09
      174.   to #8 00:54  |  mani 01/01/09
      175.   Israel...a racist country? 00:43  |  Maria 01/01/09
      176.   JO...According to the Travel 00:47  |  Maria 01/01/09
      177.   According to some 00:49  |  Maria 01/01/09
      178.   Some fairness 00:42  |  Eli 01/01/09
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