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Durban 2 draft: Israel's Palestinian policy is crime against humanity
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: racism, durban 2, Israel news 

A draft of the closing statement prepared for the upcoming United Nations-sponsored conference against racism, dubbed Durban 2, states that Israel's policy in the Palestinian territories constitutes a "violation of international human rights, a crime against humanity and a contemporary form of apartheid."

The conference, to be held in Geneva next month, is a follow-up to the contentious 2001 conference in the South African city of Durban which was dominated by clashes over the Middle East and the legacy of slavery. The U.S. and Israel walked out midway through that eight-day meeting over a draft resolution that singled out Israel for criticism and likened Zionism - the movement to establish and maintain a Jewish state - to racism.

Israel, Canada and the U.S. have already announced that they will boycott the upcoming summit.
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The draft statement, obtained by Haaretz, goes on to say that Israel's policy poses "a serious threat to international peace and security and violates the basic principles of international human rights law."

In the draft, the organizers of the UN summit express "deep concern" over Israel's practices of "racial discrimination against the Palestinian people as well as Syrian nationals of the occupied Syrian Golan and other inhabitants of the Arab occupied territories."

The draft accuses Israel of implementing collective punishment against the Palestinian people, as well as "torture, economic blockade, severe restriction of movement and arbitrary closure of their territories."

Furthermore, Israel is charged with perpetrating "a foreign occupation founded on settlements, laws based on racial discrimination with the aim of continuing domination of the occupied territories," and is termed a "threat to international peace and security."

Finally, the draft calls on the international community to protect the Palestinian people against Israel's "racist" policies.

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      1.   the world reacts 19:25  |  Sammy 02/03/09
      2.   Durban 2 draft statement: Israel`s Palestinian policy is crime ag 19:28  |  Giovani 02/03/09
      3.   `MINORITY RESIDENTS` OF ALL ISLAMIC NATIONS SUFFER APARTHEID 19:29  |  david 02/03/09
      4.   If this is crime 20:05  |  Yonatan 02/03/09
      5.   durban 2 20:15  |  zoe 02/03/09
      6.   To laugh or to weep.... 20:26  |  Jordan 02/03/09
      7.   I`m sure there are other countries 20:28  |  zaz 02/03/09
      8.   Durban 2 is a crime against humanity 20:30  |  Gee 02/03/09
      9.   Durban 20:33  |  Zaid 02/03/09
      10.   Durban I and II: Anti-Jewish racist orgy headed by the... 20:34  |  Jehudah Ben-Israel 02/03/09
      11.   it is appartheid 20:37  |  j 02/03/09
      12.   Sammy 20:38  |  Connie 02/03/09
      13.   Oops! They forgot to add this key paragraph 20:44  |  Joe Sittizen 02/03/09
      14.   Where`e the conference on women`s rights in Muslim countries? 20:55  |  Z 02/03/09
      15.   Israel should defend itself at these talks 20:57  |  welshman 02/03/09
      16.   It´s not all about Israel and Palestinians 20:59  |  P.H. 02/03/09
      17.   the world reacts 20:59  |  satorino 02/03/09
      18.   Bravo Durban, spot-on! Shame on US, Canada. 21:08  |  Ivar 02/03/09
      19.   Canada, the U.S. & Israel: Proud partners in Apartheid 21:10  |  peacelover 02/03/09
      20.   Couldn`t really say that the allegations are untrue..... 21:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/09
      21.   To David: What are you saying? That Israeli apartheid is OK... 21:13  |  peacelover 02/03/09
      22.   To Giovani 21:14  |  Abuya 02/03/09
      23.   The evil of the tellers does not alter the truth of the statement 21:19  |  Canadian 02/03/09
      24.   Classic Jew-Hatred 21:20  |  Chris 02/03/09
      25.   global warning and world hunger too 21:24  |  vik 02/03/09
      26.   This draft is ready for saving--it is based on fact 21:25  |  Labhras 02/03/09
      27.   UN is world`s largest terrorist organization 21:28  |  Ben 02/03/09
      28.   STOP EQUATING THE UN WITH TRUTH OR MORALITY 21:31  |  Bodnar 02/03/09
      29.   Connie--none of your protestations relive Israel of IT,S crimes. 21:31  |  Labhras 02/03/09
      30.   dinO get lost. you couldn`t say anything honest 21:33  |  x-ray 02/03/09
      31.   swiss (dino) 21:35  |  scallywag 02/03/09
      32.   Terrorists are mere criminals. State-sanctioned activity... 21:36  |  AT 02/03/09
      33.   #24 Chris Classic Jew Hatred= Classic Jew Behavior 21:51  |  Lou Medel 02/03/09
      34.   LABHRAS AND LANGUAGE 22:01  |  Brant 02/03/09
      35.   A `genocide` that quadruples the population? 22:04  |  Steve from Raleigh 02/03/09
      36.   Swiss your memory is conveniently short-term 22:05  |  Joe Frazier 02/03/09
      37.   Anyone interested in real data regarding ethnic cleansing? 22:13  |  Proud Israeli 02/03/09
      38.   Durban in South Africa 22:16  |  V.R. 02/03/09
      39.   Dino, it would help if you knew what you were talking about 22:16  |  Jordan 02/03/09
      40.   Who are `the other inhabitants of Arab occupied territories`? 22:18  |  Maya 02/03/09
      41.   Lou Medel 22:18  |  Brad 02/03/09
      42.   The Arabs are the real apartheid states, not Israel 22:23  |  IW 02/03/09
      43.   Letting democracy down 22:37  |  rc 02/03/09
      44.   No Darfur? 22:48  |  JoeyB 02/03/09
      45.   #34 Brant no need to shout 22:49  |  Labhras 02/03/09
      46.   Crime against humanity? 22:57  |  Brod 02/03/09
      47.   Durban 2 draft statement: Israel`s Palestinian policy is crime a 22:59  |  EED 02/03/09
      48.   Notice no arguments as to the validity of the claims in draft 23:01  |  Johan Odin 02/03/09
      49.   HAVE FUN 23:03  |  zionist forve 02/03/09
      50.   Look, guys, wake up and face facts 23:05  |  Johnboy 02/03/09
      51.   to Dear Sammy 23:07  |  Michael 02/03/09
      52.   20 23:27  |  zionist forever 02/03/09
      53.   Fine, if it isn`t anti-semetism... 23:32  |  Bobbo 02/03/09
      54.   Israeli behavior needs to be confronted 23:43  |  Ibrahim 02/03/09
      55.   For starters, what about Darfur? 23:45  |  Petra Meyer 02/03/09
      56.   durban 2 23:46  |  roberto 02/03/09
      57.   People are ignorant 23:48  |  Jalil 02/03/09
      58.   Libya 23:50  |  Petra Meyer 02/03/09
      59.   # 36 Joe Frazier, as a regular Haaretz reader..... 23:53  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/09
      60.   # 39 Jordan, let`s put it the other way around.... 23:57  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/09
      61.   The causal agent of Arab hatred is not Israel`s policies. 00:02  |  Akiva P 03/03/09
      62.   50 00:08  |  zionist forever 03/03/09
      63.   sammosa sammy 00:15  |  mandiso 03/03/09
      64.   Naturally, its a violation 00:15  |  Darlene Wallach 03/03/09
      65.   Sounds about right to me 00:16  |  David 03/03/09
      66.   LABHRAS AND SHOUTING 00:18  |  Brant 03/03/09
      67.   Sammy # 1 00:27  |  ChanahS 03/03/09
      68.   Amnesty comment 00:31  |  Brian 03/03/09
      69.   Swiss Dino and "downward spirals" 00:34  |  ChanahS 03/03/09
      70.   ODIN AND "CONTROL" 00:35  |  Brant 03/03/09
      71.   # 31 scallywag (2nd try) 00:35  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/03/09
      72.   Swiss DIno you are an all out liar 00:45  |  ChanahS 03/03/09
      73.   Durban 2 - what a bloddy waste of time and money 00:47  |  Mongo 03/03/09
      74.   Sammy, thought you were talking about Arabs for a minute 00:52  |  Mongo 03/03/09
      75.   Pissed off Canadian 00:57  |  Jalil 03/03/09
      76.   IT ALREADY TOO LATE 01:17  |  indrajaya 03/03/09
      77.   Swiss Dino 69 01:20  |  ChanahS 03/03/09
      78.   #64 That`s a mighty impressive straw man, Darlene 01:29  |  Johnboy 03/03/09
      79.   Indrajaya - Transmigrasi - hipocrite 01:35  |  Magpie 03/03/09
      80.   Political pogroms 01:37  |  Yariv 03/03/09
      81.   Poor antisemites - their time is almost up... 01:38  |  17 03/03/09
      82.   Brian 01:41  |  Yariv 03/03/09
      83.   Brealking News !!! 02:04  |  Joan 03/03/09
      84.   I would rather live under Islam rule 02:11  |  Alex 03/03/09
      85.   DURBAN"humanity"standards being the Jinjaweed & Hamas charter 02:15  |  PETER SM 03/03/09
      86.   Joan, please don a hijab and submit to the will of Allah. 02:37  |  Akiva P 03/03/09
      87.   What is Apartheid? 03:34  |  utagawa 03/03/09
      88.   #60 -swiss and facts 03:55  |  SG 03/03/09
      89.   Did anyone else catch ... 03:56  |  Jasper 03/03/09
      90.   MEDEL.If you knew anything about the Talmud you would know 03:59  |  PETER SM 03/03/09
      91.   jalil #75 pissed off canadian 05:21  |  informed canadian 03/03/09
      92.   Sad that Durban 2 cheapens the important concept of... 07:09  |  Esther 03/03/09
      93.   WOMEN have no rights!! 07:12  |  AJ 03/03/09
      94.   Swiss Dino suffers from a compulsion... 07:13  |  Esther 03/03/09
      95.   Peace conference held by dictators 07:17  |  Lola 03/03/09
      96.   A nice summ-up of what I`ve read so far, and what`s new? 07:21  |  Kris Lazar 03/03/09
      97.   swiss (dino) 07:22  |  scallywag 03/03/09
      98.   ISRAELS policy,2 states,Hamas policy ethnic cleansed Islamic 07:46  |  PETER SM 03/03/09
      99.   straight forward AND right on the mark; so WHY the uproar? 08:26  |  eric 03/03/09
      100.   Israel should participate to make its case? 08:30  |  Dan 03/03/09
      101.   indrajaya annihilating 3 million East Timorese and Chinese 08:32  |  Dan 03/03/09
      102.   #92 PETER SM says..... 08:48  |  Johnboy 03/03/09
      103.   Eric - here`s why there`s an uproar... 09:30  |  Joe Sittizen 03/03/09
      104.   Europpeasers - Stand Up 09:42  |  Alex 03/03/09
      105.   Calling Israeli apartheid while advocating for an apartheid Pales 09:50  |  antidurbanite 03/03/09
      106.   # 103 then WHY joe, doesn`t israel confront them? 11:08  |  eric 03/03/09
      107.   eric wallows in the mud 11:14  |  peter 03/03/09
      108.   # 88 SG, I thought you were referring to my # 60....... 11:18  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/03/09
      109.   Racism Returns to South Africa 11:19  |  Baruch Gold 03/03/09
      110.   Was Jordan`s policy a crime against humanity? 11:20  |  peter 03/03/09
      111.   # 97 scallywag and also # 77 Chanah 11:31  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/03/09
      112.   Butcher`s summit 11:59  |  Observer 03/03/09
      113.   An answer to Swiss Dino, 12:06  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      114.   Occupation List for neutral observers, 12:06  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      115.   LATEST NEWS ! 12:07  |  The Teacher/Instruct 03/03/09
      116.   What about Hamas` threat!!! 12:07  |  Liat 03/03/09
      117.   Children of Gaza and Sderot deprived of childhood, 12:08  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      118.   ARE PALESTINIANS A RACE? 12:08  |  Um Nudnik 03/03/09
      119.   Human rights bias of some neutral observers 12:11  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      120.   There are democracies violating human rights 12:16  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      121.   Children of Gaza and Sderot deprived of childhood, 12:16  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      122.   An answer to Swiss Dino, 12:17  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      123.   Human rights bias of some neutral observers 12:18  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      124.   response to no. 5 12:36  |  rebecca 03/03/09
      125.   response to no. 7 12:38  |  rebecca 03/03/09
      126.   Believe Israel is an Apartheid State? 12:50  |  Leah 03/03/09
      127.   Pal state fabrication policy is a crime against humanity 12:53  |  Joseph.E 03/03/09
      128.   # 113 Sceptic, no need to preach to the converted...... 12:55  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/03/09
      129.   Brant 13:12  |  Jake 1948 03/03/09
      130.   All true statements in the draft... 13:20  |  R 03/03/09
      131.   Freedom Haaretz and other internet sites 13:24  |  Jerryk 03/03/09
      132.   Labhras and Language 15:42  |  Michael 03/03/09
      133.   Swiss racist policy not under scrutiny?? 15:50  |  Victoria 03/03/09
      134.   Your appeasement policy is consistent, Swiss Dino, 3rd try 15:54  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      135.   Durban 2 15:58  |  Charlene Klestadt 03/03/09
      136.   Al Jazeera and Jerry 16:04  |  Ardi 03/03/09
      137.   Swiss (Dino) # 128 The Swiss Are Not In Charge 16:12  |  Jeff Northridge 03/03/09
      138.   Lets see, Arabs control 80+ of land, all Jews banned, whos racist 16:41  |  David 03/03/09
      139.   #125 rebecca ...."criticizing the bad guys" 16:41  |  Lynn 03/03/09
      140.   "A closing statement for a conference not yet held?" 16:42  |  just a kangaroocourt 03/03/09
      141.   Jake 1948, no Jewish only roads, but Arab only citizenship 16:44  |  David 03/03/09
      142.   Ardi and Jerry 17:22  |  Haris 03/03/09
      143.   Old dept to Roo claims on apartheid 17:28  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      144.   Aloni vs Roo, apartheid claims 17:28  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      145.   I fully agree with the draft 17:44  |  ben 03/03/09
      146.   Durban Poison 17:45  |  George 03/03/09
      147.   bad mix 17:53  |  Jim 03/03/09
      148.   #5 zoe 17:57  |  Jim 03/03/09
      149.   Old dept to Roo claims on apartheid 17:58  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      150.   Aloni vs Roo, apartheid claims 17:58  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      151.   Have you read the side of the UN Building in NYC? 18:02  |  Big Sur 03/03/09
      152.   Aloni vs Roo, apartheid claims 18:04  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      153.   Old dept to Roo claims on apartheid 18:04  |  Sceptic 03/03/09
      154.   Seems Ivar dopes not clean up his back yard 18:07  |  Big Sur 03/03/09
      155.   Durban 2 draft 18:20  |  Rachel in USA 03/03/09
      156.   Apartheid and intent 20:25  |  R`fael Moshe 03/03/09
      157.   # 134 Sceptic, having enjoyed the "mercy of late birth"..... 21:27  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/03/09
      158.   # 137 Jeff, I agree with you, the benefit of this conference..... 21:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/03/09
      159.   Lou Medel- study of the Talmud 22:37  |  Arnold 03/03/09
      160.   it seemsz again as Jews we fall on Bad times 22:53  |  Big Sur 03/03/09
      161.   response to rebecca 22:53  |  zoe 03/03/09
      162.   Re# 1 Why does the world react against zionism ?? 23:00  |  Ines 03/03/09
      163.   jim 23:01  |  zoe 03/03/09
      164.   Re : 2 How many jews live in.... 23:05  |  Ines 03/03/09
      165.   LAST I CHECKED the Arab population on the GOLAN 23:14  |  Gil 03/03/09
      166.   Re# This is the age of " global " islamism 23:14  |  Ines 03/03/09
      167.   Re : Basically this is an UN antisemitic and anti israel 23:22  |  Ines 03/03/09
      168.   ben # 145 Your Foreign Minister Disagrees With The Draft 23:24  |  Jeff Northridge 03/03/09
      169.   The proposed statement is 100% accurate 23:30  |  Ronnie Green 03/03/09
      170.   Canadian 23:32  |  sfg 03/03/09
      171.   Labhras 23:35  |  sfg 03/03/09
      172.   bad mix 2 (continued) 00:45  |  Moshe 04/03/09
      173.   #163 zoe...That is exactly what I said .... 00:46  |  Whiskey 04/03/09
      174.   #161 zoe..re:rebecca...Well Zoe..hear me out.. 00:53  |  Whiskey 04/03/09
      175.   JOHNBOY Basics.1.Clinton plan accepted by Israel. 02:02  |  PETER SM 04/03/09
      176.   #171 sfg labhras is an anti-semite irish or not.. 02:54  |  Whiskey 04/03/09
      177.   Brutal Occupation = Nobody likes you 05:56  |  Marc Lebanon 04/03/09
      178.   open to disproof 06:08  |  truth 04/03/09
      179.   It is a conclusion that Haaretz supports 06:19  |  Tuvea 04/03/09
      180.   HAARETZ JOURNALISTS WROTE THIS DRAFT! 06:19  |  GULLIVER 04/03/09
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