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Walkout at UN conference after Iran president calls Israel 'racist'
Walkout at UN conference after Iran president calls Israel 'racist'
British delegates joined a dramatic diplomatic walkout today when President Ahmadinejad of Iran told a major UN conference against racism that the state of Israel had been founded "on the pretext of Jewish suffering" during the Second World War. Around 20 delegates, including envoys from the ...
Delegates walk out on Ahmadinejad at Geneva | International | Jerusalem Post
Delegates walk out on Ahmadinejad at Geneva | International | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com — As Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the eradication of Israel in his address to the United... Nations anti-racism conference which opened its week long event in Geneva on Monday, delegates walked out, hecklers wearing clown-wigs shouted ... (more) Delegates walk out on Ahmadinejad at Geneva | ...
U.S.: Palestinians need not recognize Israel as Jewish state before talks - Haaretz - Israel News
haaretz.com — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people... as a condition for renewing peace talks is unacceptable to the United States, the State Department said during special envoy George ... (more) U.S.: Palestinians need not recognize Israel as Jewish ...
The Confrontation Con-Game [Article]
gloria-center.org — You are welcome to post or forward to others but please include a link to this site.... Anyone not linking to this site will be considered to have acted improperly, except with written permission. There are many people eager to see President Barack Obama ... (more) The Confrontation Con-Game [Article]
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How Will Media Report UN Protest After Ahmadinejad Calls Israel Racist?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — "British delegates joined a dramatic diplomatic walkout today when President Ahmadinejad of Iran told a major UN conference against racism that the state of Israel had been founded 'on the pretext of Jewish suffering' during the Second World War." So reported Britain's Financial Times moments ago leading one to wonder how American media will cover this event. The Times continued (video of incident embedded right): Around 20 delegates, including envoys from the UK, France, ...

What Did They Think Was Going To Happen in Geneva?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... The Europeans who declined to boycott the Durban II racism-fest now expect credit for walking out when Ahmadinejad launched into a tirade calling for the eradication of Israel. "We don't want to repeat what happened in Durban [I]” ...

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