Racism

The Obama administration has decided to boycott the so-called Durban II conference out of concerns for anti-Semitism.

Multiple sources on a conference call with the White House on Friday told JTA that the Obama administration had opted not to attend any further preparatory meetings ahead of the planned U.N. conference against racism in Geneva in April.

Last week the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism was founded in London. “We draw the democratic world’s attention to the resurgence of antisemitism as a potent force in politics