Durban

August 7, 2022 | David May, Richard Goldberg

With Israel under attack, Biden must fight UN anti-Semitism

As the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad lobbed hundreds of rockets at Israel this weekend, a UN Human Rights Council official took to Twitter to denounce the Jewish state, labeling Israeli acts...

April 7, 2022 | Shany Mor, David May

Israel Is Not Russia, and Palestinians Are Not Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off an immediate wave of boycotts and sanctions targeting Moscow. These swift and comprehensive economic punishments have left the frustrated activists of the Boycott,...

February 18, 2022 | Toby Dershowitz, Orde Kittrie

Biden Can Reset the UN’s Discriminatory Approach to Israel

The United States led when it persuaded the General Assembly to repeal its 1975 vote declaring Zionism to be racism. It should now actively and decisively lead the effort to end the Commission of Inquiry, which the UNHRC created to conclude essentially the same thing.

September 29, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The Squad loves dead Jews

Support for Hamas implies nothing less

August 3, 2020 | David May, Benjamin Weinthal

Why Congress must follow Germany and brand BDS anti-Semitic

Ending the boycott of Israel

June 30, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German–Iranian dissidents urge MP to resign from antisemitic BDS NGO

Nouripour should quit due to "his Iranian identity: there is only one dictatorship in this world that has an antisemitic state doctrine, namely the Islamic Republic.”

May 29, 2018 | David May |

South Africa Adds to Its Long Record of Israel-Bashing

South Africa recalled its ambassador to Israel two weeks ago to condemn the “violent aggressio...

July 18, 2017 |

Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers

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March 3, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European Affairs: BDS spreading like wildfire in Europe?

To fathom the potency (or lack thereof) of the BDS movement targeting Israel, the diverging and converging paths of its activity in the US and EU can be quite telling. First, the diverge...

August 5, 2015 | Clifford D. May

Mounting a Defense Against Economic Warfare

Attempts to exterminate Israel through what we have come to call “kinetic warfare” began immediately following Arab rejection of the UN Partition Plan of 1947 -- the first offer of a...

September 11, 2012 |

How the Tragedy of 9/11 Made Canada a Better, More Sensible Country

How much has Canada changed in the last eleven years? Consider this: As the World Trade Center rubble was still smoldering, the then-leader of Canada’s left-wing NDP party, Alexa McDonough,...

September 10, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Why Canada Branded the Iranian Regime as Terrorists

Prior to cutting diplomatic ties on Friday with Tehran, the administration of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had garnered the reputation among human rights NGOs and media commentators as...

February 24, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post

Spotlight on Modern Loathing

Dr. Robert S. Wistrich is, arguably, the world’s leading academic authority on anti-Semitism. He heads the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism at the Hebrew Uni...

September 26, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal Radio Free Europe |

EU Abandons Western Values At UN

The United Nations-sponsored Durban III anti-racism conference opened in New York last week. The conference, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the first Durban event, is intended to fight...

September 22, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Palestinian Statehood and Durban III are Both Designed to Delegitimize Israel

Co-authored by Anne Bayefsky Two United Nations-sponsored anti-Israel events will coalesce this week, which are largely — and mistakenly — being treated as separate...

September 12, 2011 |

How the Tragedy Made Canada a Bolder, Prouder Nation

How much has Canada changed in the last decade? Consider this: As the World Trade Center rubble was still smouldering, NDP Leader Alexa McDonough declared: “As responsible international cit...

August 26, 2011 | Claudia Rosett The Rosett Report |

A Handy Video Guide to Durban III

Confused about plans of the United Nations General Assembly to host a troubling “high-level” conference next month called Durban III? Who wouldn’t be? This meeting will...

August 24, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Is Germany a True Friend?

Next month, New York will host an event marking the 10th anniversary of another dark hour, the notorious UN-sponsored Durban world conference on racism, which became a platform for some of the wo...

August 8, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal The Commentator |

Where is Europe in the Fight Against UN-Sponsored Anti-Semitism?

The United Kingdom, Germany, and France -- to name just a few EU countries -- are moving forward with their slated participation in the notorious Durban III anti-racism conference in New York Cit...

June 15, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz Wall Street Journal

Sounds of Silence

Welcome to a world where criticism of militant Islam could land you in court or worse. In Vancouver, Canada's venerable Maclean's magazine awaits a hate-speech verdict from a human-righ...