DON'T LET DURBAN II GET OFF SO EASY. Honest Reporting writes that the reprehensible agenda of Durban I slipped under the radar because of 9/11. The same should not happen again with Durban II:

Now, in a potential repeat performance, the anti-racism panel to oversee preparations for a 2009 Durban II is led by Colonel Gadaffi's Libya and includes such human rights luminaries as Iran, Cuba and Pakistan. These developments are currently not on the media's radar. Other organizations are, however, monitoring the progress of Durban II:

• Eye on the UN
• UN Watch
• NGO Monitor

A critical eye by the media will be crucial to determining whether the false halo of moral credibility will be removed from Durban II if it is hijacked by those human rights abusers who wish to scapegoat Israel to cover up their own crimes.

Other issues discussed in the post include the New Statesman equating Israeli camps with Palestinian terrorist summer camps, the Abrams report on CNN's God's Warriors, and France2's continued refusal to release the rushes from the al-Dura video.

Read the whole thing.

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