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A quarter-century of anti-Semitism started in Durban.
Twenty-five years ago, from August 31 until September 8, a World Conference against Racism, organized by the UN, took place in Durban, South Africa. High on the agenda was an effort, coordinated by the Arab League, to declare Zionism a form of racism, as well as for African countries to demand reparations from Western ones for racism and colonialism. David Harris observes that the conference was a “watershed moment” in the history of global anti-Semitism, presenting the cocktail of progressivism, Third Worldism, and Islamic chauvinism so familiar today:
A new history of the Islamic Revolution and its discontents.
A quarter-century of anti-Semitism started in Durban.
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Twenty-five years ago, from August 31 until September 8, a World Conference against Racism, organized by the UN, took place in Durban, South Africa. High on the agenda was an effort, coordinated by the Arab League, to declare Zionism a form of racism, as well as for African countries to demand reparations from Western ones for racism and colonialism. David Harris observes that the conference was a “watershed moment” in the history of global anti-Semitism, presenting the cocktail of progressivism, Third Worldism, and Islamic chauvinism so familiar today:
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