Good News - US Pulls out of evil Durban II conference

[muman613]

This is good news... The only thing is that it should have been a no-brainer and nobody should have even considered America going to such an antisemitic conference in the first place.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130187

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United States Pulls Out of Durban II
Adar 4, 5769, 28 February 09 09:55
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

(IsraelNN.com) The Obama administration announced Friday that it is boycotting the Durban II conference on racism unless there are significant changes to what the State Department called “unsalvageable” anti-Israeli resolutions.

The decision by the State Department pleased Kadima leader and acting Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Knesset Member Silvan Shalom, Livni's predecessor, who said it is "a sign for the entire world.” Livni stated that the policy move "must lead the way for more countries that share the same values” to boycott the convention, scheduled for April. Canada already has said it will not participate.

Israel has been concerned by the new American government’s change in policy to participate in preliminary committee meetings for the convention, which is to be held in Geneva but bears the name of the South African city where the first meeting was held in 2001. The United States walked out of it because of harsh anti-Israeli resolutions.

The proposed motions for the April meeting single out Israel for its presence in Judea and Samaria and include a Palestinian Authority proposal for “international protection of the Palestinian people throughout the occupied Palestinian territory” effectively claiming that Arabs are victims of alleged Israeli racism and that the U.N. should protect them.

The Durban planning committee, chaired by Libya, also rejected a European Union (EU) condemnation of Holocaust denial.
 
The State Department announcement came after growing domestic protests of the Obama administration’s participation in the planning committee. It would reconsider its boycott if the conference drops its reference to any specific country, which so far names Israel but no other nation, and if it does not affirm the 2001 Durban resolutions that singled out Israel.

"Unfortunately, the document being negotiated has gone from bad to worse," State Department spokesman Robert Wood said. "As a result, the United States will not participate in the forthcoming negotiations on this text, nor will we be able to participate in a conference that is based on this text."

The Anti-Defamation League and the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations praised the American government for backing out of the conference. An American Jewish Congress statement said, "Having made a good faith effort to fix what was wrong with the Conference, and having unsurprisingly been rebuffed by those whose agenda is not combating racism, but attacking Israel and the Western values of freedom of speech and thought, the Administration has wisely decided that U.S. attendance at this Conference will not contribute in any way to the battle against racism."
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[SavetheWest]

The Obama Administration had the intention of going until right wing radio, Republicans and Jewish organizations started talking about this. Obama knows he needs the Jewish vote in 2012 but if he gets reelected then he won't care and will got to conference like this.  Why many left wing Jews fall for these tricks over and over again is beyond me.  If a leader says, "oh yeah, we like, kind of like Israel", Jewish leaders in the ADL and others get in a frenzy of how great that is.  Obama has no rudder guiding his ship.  He takes two sides on almost every issue to fool the American people.  When the far left and Arabs get upset about this action, Obama will do something to help them...when the ADL criticizes that action, he will go back.  He's a fraud who only cares about himself and his agenda.  He will practice taqiya to take so called positions to take the thunder out of any criticism.   

[ag337]

Save,

You are correct.
Obama only does and cares about what is good for Obama.
His ego, agenda, and so-called "legacy" as the first black President are the only priorities he has.

He pulled out of the conference, only because their are some minor (emphasis on: minor) cracks in the foundation of his followers.

Obama is a sham.  He has already proven this by giving his first interview to an Arabic television station, ordering to close Gitmo, and pledging funds to Gaza.

His loyalty does not, will not, and never be with Israel or the Jewish people.
He will only support whatever agenda is beneficial to him.

[Ulli]

I don't want to know, what Benjamin Netanjahu and Zipporah Spitzer gave Barak Hussein Obama in exchange for this.

We will see in the next months.

[SavetheWest]

Save,

You are correct.
Obama only does and cares about what is good for Obama.
His ego, agenda, and so-called "legacy" as the first black President are the only priorities he has.

He pulled out of the conference, only because their are some minor (emphasis on: minor) cracks in the foundation of his followers.

Obama is a sham.  He has already proven this by giving his first interview to an Arabic television station, ordering to close Gitmo, and pledging funds to Gaza.

His loyalty does not, will not, and never be with Israel or the Jewish people.
He will only support whatever agenda is beneficial to him.

Obama has his various evil agendas but the one that is most important it seems, is for his ego.