It's Tewtally Racist to notice that Israel is a Totally Racist State. - Ed.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has said the regime will boycott the United Nations "Durban II" conference on human rights this spring.
"The conference has nothing to do with fighting racism," Livni was quoted as saying on Wednesday. "In view of this situation, I decided that Israel will not participate and will not legitimize the Durban II conference," the Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported on Wednesday.
The World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, to be held in Geneva in April, is a follow-up to a 2001 summit in Durban, South Africa on the same issues.
Livni claimed that the conference "seeks to legitimize hatred and extremism under the banner of a fight against racism."
The first Durban conference held under the auspices of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights focused on Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.
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