It amazes me that UN officials think that putting the next UN conference on racism in a smaller venue is going to make a difference in the rhetoric that inevitably ensues about Israel when these events are held. It's so sadly laughable. WHY WHY WHY must Israel be so protected? They whine about being singled out, as if blameless in this scenario. There are great numbers of Israelis who do not agree with their own government's treatment of Palestinians and Israeli settlements within Palestine. Yet it seems none of these people matter to their government. It was wrong for the US to boycott the conference--while I understand it was to make a so-called point, it was the wrong point and sent the wrong message. I'm so tired of the US supporting Israel as if blind to the injustice of Israel's actions. The whole world knows Jews have been persecuted for eons, but that doesn't make it any more legitimate for them to persecute Palestinians. As Steve Crawshaw of Human Rights Watch in New York said, "Multilateral diplomacy is by its very nature a complicated business. But the way to make this better is to engage consistently, not to stamp your foot and walk out in a sulk."
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