So today is my last day here at the Durban Review Conference. L'Hebdo (Swiss Newspaper) have described our work here at this conference 'the revenge of the Jewish people' for the disgrace of the Durban 1 Conference in 2001.
This conference is not a victory, this conference is a disgrace. Growing up and being a politics student i have always had a rosy view of the UN, the peace keepers of the world, the people who care for everyone in the world. What i have witnessed is quite the opposite. I have witnessed the UN host and give a platform to a Clown, i have witnessed a small number of states actually condemning what he said, i have witnessed Iran be allowed the last speech of the day yesterday so that they could officially respond to the European countries walking out of the Plenary room as a statement that we will not allow Iran, and what a surprise... Iran used this opportunity to criticize Israel.
The UN have been releasing statements condemning the Jewish student groups, an example is this one from Rupert Colville.
"Two particular NGOs (non-governmental organizations)" have been disruptive, said Colville, noting the Union of Jewish Student in France and the European Union of Jewish Students.
The United Nations would prefer to give a platform to a holocaust denying, homophobic, sexist, and ultimately racist man rather than Jewish students whose most 'violent' protest at the conference has been wearing a clown wig and throwing a red nose at the Iranian president. I applaud the French Union of Jewih Student for doing this, i must admit that the EUJS were not part of this protest. As i speak right now the UN are holding a press conference on the actions of the Jewish students, it is a disgrace. Keep following, another update coming in afew hours.
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