Nasser Al-Kidwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Palestinian National Authority



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