Nasser Al-Kidwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Palestinian National Authority
Commenting on the NGO Declaration at the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa:
"We are not going to denounce the Document. On the contrary, we appreciate their work."
The NGO Durban Declaration
Included:
- Zionism is racist
- Israel is an apartheid state
- Israel is guilty of crimes against humanity, genocide, ethnic cleansing
- Asking for the total isolation of Israel
Deleted (words of the Jewish Victims' Caucus - the only language of more than two dozen "victims' caucuses" to be deleted):
- delegitimizing Israel is anti-semitism
- concerned about the murder of Jews for their support of Israel
Added:
- Arabs suffer from anti-semitism