Israel will not attend Durban II November 20, 2008 
On November 19, 2008, Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, announced that Israel will not participate in the Durban Review Conference in Geneva in April 2009, joining Canada as the only governments to formally boycott the conference. She noted the ´Draft Outcome Document,´ which "singl[es] out and delegitimiz[es] the State of Israel," and "legitimiz[es] hatred and extremism and anti-Semitism under the banner of a fight against racism." The US, the UK, France, and Denmark have threatened to boycott the conference, as well. more »
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October 2008 Digest (Vol. 7, No. 2) November 06, 2008 
Reports expose more questions on B´Tselem´s credibility; Durban 2009 and Lawfare Updates; Spanish and Palestinian NGOs´ Boycott conference; HRW: UNHRC has "disproportionate focus on Israel"; HRF publishes hate crime and antisemitism surveys; PCHR Exploits Human Rights. more »
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BADIL -Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights 
At the Durban Review Conference PrepCom (October 6-17), BADIL accused Israel of "systematic ethnic cleansing" and "institutionalized racism and discrimination" which "constitutes a root cause of consequence of the ongoing internal forcible displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people." These statements are part of its campaign for the "right of return of the Palestinian people," and in pursuit of the "Durban strategy" of demonization. BADIL is funded by Trocaire (Ireland), Norway, Switzerland, Oxfam, and others. more »
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ICAHD Loses EU Funding .gif)
The EU will not renew its funding of ICAHD, an extreme NGO whose political campaigns and demonizing rhetoric are entirely outside the framework of universal human rights. In an “urgent message” to members of ICAHD-USA, the organization´s director, Jeff Halper, announced “We have just heard that our request for re-funding has been rejected…So we now face a real crisis.” Although EU support was earmarked toward specific projects, ICAHD’s financial problems indicate that, in fact, EU grants constituted the majority of ICAHD’s income. more »
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