Iranian leader’s comments deserved condemnation

Herb Horowitz of Princeton
    The American Jewish Committee commends the representatives of Morocco and all 23 European Union nations for walking out of a United Nations conference on racism ( also referred to as Durban II) to protest the anti-Semitic remarks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
   It’s a sad day when the UN gives an advocate of genocide the spotlight at a supposed anti-racism conference – on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, no less. Ahmadinejad, the world’s “racist-in-chief,” has repeatedly called for the destruction of a UN member state, Israel, and trampled on the human rights of his own people. His appearance makes a mockery of the serious struggle against racism in our world.
   President Barack Obama was correct to instruct the United States to boycott the UN conference for its “hypocritical and counterproductive” antagonism towards Israel.
Herb Horowitz, president
Central NJ chapter
American Jewish Committee
Princeton