[Jerusalem Post] Tovah Lazaroff - Opponents of the UN's Durban 2 anti-racism conference say it was tainted and could not be rescued because of the heavy involvement of human rights abusers. Libya chaired the planning committee, whose membership includes countries like Iran and Cuba. "It is a conference on human rights that is being chaired by people who abuse these rights," said Michael Schneider, secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address the conference's opening session on Monday, which coincidentally falls on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day. Israel, along with Canada and Italy, has said it has no intention of attending the conference, and the World Jewish Congress had been urging the U.S. not to attend.
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