The conference was supposed to bring awareness to racism, human rights violations, slavery, and other worldwide issues of discrimination. But it quickly became a festival of hate.

 

Israelis and Jews were attacked. Flyers with antisemitic cartoons, depictions of Hitler were handed out, and the NGO Forum called Israel a “racist, apartheid state” guilty of “crimes against humanity…” and called upon “the international community to impose a policy of complete and total isolation…".

 

The NGO Forum was for 1,500 non-governmental organizations, which exploited the entire event for demonization, delegitimization, and double standards against Israel, the nation-state of the Jewish people. The platform the UN continues to give NGOs allows them to promote anti-Israel policies, driving antisemitism that we still see today.

 

On September 22nd is Durban IV, a UN event marking the 20 year anniversary of the conference. 20 countries have already pulled out. We are encouraging all gov'ts and NGOs to say no to durban and leave Durban behind in the past.