• On September 27 – October 1, 2014, the New Horizon 2nd Annual International Conference of Independent Thinkers & Film Makers was held in Tehran, Iran. Past and present Iranian government officials attended, as well as international conspiracy theorists and Holocaust deniers. (See materials from ADL press release for more details.)
  • The conference featured blatant antisemitism and anti-Israel propaganda. Topics included:
    • Mossad’s Role in the 9/11 Coup d’Etat (themes included “Zionist Fingerprints on the 9/11 Cover-up,” “9/11 and the Holocaust as pro-Zionist ‘Public Myths’”, “Uniting the Muslim Ummah for 9/11 Truth and Against Zionism”);
    • “The Gaza War & BDS Movement Strategies against the Zionist Regime”;
    • “The Israeli Lobby vs. the U.S. National Interest (especially as it relates to Middle East Policy)”;
    • “The Mechanisms of Action of the Israeli Lobby and their Effects in Western Capitals”
  • NGO participants include:
    • Stephen Sizer, Drafting Committee of Kairos Palestine: A British Response, Trustee of Friends of Sabeel UK, Member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, patron of ICAHD-UK. Sizer’s scheduled topics include:
    • “Christian Jihad vs. Christian Zionism,” “The Israeli Lobby in England,” and “Christian Responsibility against Systemic Iniquity.” Sizer has previously been linked to antisemitic activity, including comments he made at the 2010 Christ at the Checkpoint Conference and linking from his website to antisemitic sites, which led the Board of Deputies of British Jews to file a formal complaint with the Church of England.
    • Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK. Benjamin was scheduled to participate in panels on “The Gaza War & BDS Movement Strategies against the Zionist Regime” and “Different Facets of the Resistance.”
    • Cyrus McGoldrick, former Civil Rights Manager of the New York chapter of The Council on American Islamic Relations, was scheduled to participate in “Different Facets of the Resistance.”