Germany is 10th country to withdraw from upcoming conference marking 2001 event rife with antisemitism

Berlin will not attend this September's United Nations event marking the 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, according to a report in Welt am Sonntag that was confirmed by a German diplomatic source.

Germany is the 10th country to withdraw from the upcoming Durban IV conference, joining Israel, the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Austria, Netherlands and the Czech Republic. France is expected to not attend although no official statement has come out of Paris as of yet.

The Durban Declaration adopted at the 2001 event demonized and delegitimized Israel and a parallel NGO forum engaged in antisemitism and Holocaust denial, in what UN Watch describes as "the worst international manifestation of antisemitism in the post-war period."... Read More: i24