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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7786
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 11:11 am: | 
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(Somebody was asking if the U.S. would stay this time? Somebody else was saying that the conversation had just begun?
The conversation has ended. Those left standing have won the debate)
February 27, 2009
Categories: Middle East
U.S. pulling out of racism conference
White House aides told Jewish leaders on a conference call today that the United States will boycott the United Nations' World Conference on Racism over hostility to Israel in draft documents prepared for the April conference.
The aides, including an advisor to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, Jennifer Simon, and longtime Obama advisor Samantha Power, said the administration will not participate in further negotiations on the current text or participate in a conference based on the text, sources on the call said.
They left open the option of re-engaging on a "much shorter, much different text," a source said.
The draft outcome document, typically negotiated in advance and available here (.pdf), contains sharp and specific criticism of Israel for its treatment of the Palestinians, and Western European nations and Canada have also signaled that they may boycott the conference in Geneva.
The conference is known informally as Durban II after a 2001 conference in South Africa that included a heavy focus on Israel and calls to reinstate a U.N. resolution equating Zionism and racism. Libya is chairing the preparatory meetings for this year's conference, one of several factors prompting boycott calls.
Obama is expected to issue a statement on the subject later this afternoon, and the participants were asked not to discuss the call until a formal statement is released. |
Nels
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Username: Nels
Post Number: 1243
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 02, 2009 - 12:52 am: |
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F_uck Israel. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7789
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 01:11 pm: |
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Tch tch.
It is obviously the most important country in the whole world. |
Nels
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Username: Nels
Post Number: 1246
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 06, 2009 - 02:47 am: |
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5 million Israelis. 122 million Arabs. Do the math. |
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