Durban Conference

UN to mark 25th anniversary of South Africa's Durban Conference criticized for antisemitic rhetoric

"Durban was not a fight against racism, but a platform for antisemitism and hatred of Israel," said Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon.

Kiribati’s President Taneti Maamau addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York Friday, 25th September 2026; Illustrative.
 PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

Israel and the West must stop trying to reform the UN and build something new instead - opinion

The new 9/11 Memorial Wall is seen at One Police Plaza in New York, on September 9, 2026.

Twenty-five years after 9/11: Looking back at the 'Before Times' for American Jewry

Head of Israeli delegation to the World Conference Against Racism, Ambassador Mordechai Yedid, addresses at a plenary meeting 03 September 2001, in Durban.

Twenty five years after Durban, equating Zionism with racism has become mainstream - editorial


No Western state bid for speech, leading role at Durban

Declaration for anniversary conference does not roll back anti-Israel content; Romania joins boycott.

PROTESTERS BRANDISH anti-Israel signs outside the Durban Conference opening session, August 31, 2001.

Does the Durban conference matter for Israel?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov

 PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

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The first Durban Conference devolved into a ‘festival of hate'

Nine Jewish officials who were at the 2001 conference speak about the watershed moments that left them in shock.

Demonstrators protest outside the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as the Durban Conference

New Zealand, Cyprus to also boycott Durban IV conference

The declaration passed by countries participating in the 2001 conference in Durban only mentions one country by name as a perpetrator of racism: Israel.

ARGUMENTS FLARE outside the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, infamous for equating Zionism with racism.

Italy, Croatia bring countries boycotting Durban conference to 14

Countries that boycotted Durban conferences in the past but have yet to state their position this year are Poland and New Zealand.

Demonstrators protest outside the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as the Durban Conference

Herzog asks foreign diplomats to urge their nations to boycott Durban Conference

Herzog was speaking at the annual state reception hosted just ahead of Rosh Hashanah by the president of Israel and the Foreign Minister for the foreign diplomatic corps.

President Herzog addressing the foreign diplomatic corps.

Antisemitism: September 2021 – the world's oldest hatred lives on - opinion

Today, Jews are blamed for COVID-19 where online illustrated hatred of Jews would easily have found a place in Der Stürmer.

 TODAY, ONLINE illustrated hatred of Jews would easily have found a place in ‘Der Sturmer.’

Largest Belgian party calls on gov’t to boycott Durban conference

The conservative opposition party New Flemish Alliance Party (N-VA) said Belgium should join its neighbors in boycotting Durban IV next month.

 Michael Freilich, Federaal Kamerlid (N-VA)

Bulgaria opts out of Durban IV Conference citing antisemitism

Countries other than Bulgaria opting out of Durban IV are Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and France.

Demonstrators protest outside the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as the Durban Conference