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Despite its numerous calls for Israel's destruction, and repeated
denials of the Holocaust, Iran has been selected by the United Nations
for a leading position in a committee that will plan the 2009 UN World
Conference against Racism. "Iran is now poised to wrap itself in a UN flag as a lead agent of the
next global conference against racism, Durban II," she added, referring
to the 2001 UN conference on racism held in Durban, South Africa, which
saw unprecedented levels of anti-Zionist rhetoric and calls for
Israel's destruction.
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 The Russian version of Palestine-info carries a large number of anti-Semitic (and anti-Western) cartoons which do not appear on the portal's other language sites. The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center attributes this to Hamas' propaganda policy which calculates that Russian-speaking target audiences are ripe for anti-Semitic and anti-Western propaganda. It also stems from the expectation that such cartoons can promote the absorption and assimilation of other Hamas' messages of radical Islam, support for terrorism, hostility toward the United States.
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 Arab nations harshly criticized Iran's growing influence in the Middle
East, telling the country's top diplomat at a high-level conference
Saturday that it must stay out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and
be more open about its nuclear ambitions. Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal scolded Iran, saying that the
predominantly Persian country had little to do with Israeli-Palestinian
peacemaking. It's an Arab issue and should be resolved within the Arab
fold."
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 The Official Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’
Remembrance Day will take place on Sunday, April 15, at 20:00, at the
Warsaw Ghetto Square, Yad Vashem. It will be broadcast live on Yad
Vashem’s website, www.yadvashem.org. In advance of Holocaust Remembrance Day Yad Vashem launched a special
mini-website, “Bearing Witness”. The mini-site includes information on this year’s Holocaust
Remembrance Day theme, Bearing Witness, as well as information for
names reading ceremonies, “Unto Every Person There is a Name”, links to
relevant material, video testimonies and more.
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The United Nations Security Council acted unanimously today to tighten
sanctions on Iran, imposing a ban on arms sales and expanding the
freeze on assets, in response to the country's uranium-enrichment
activities, which Tehran says are for peaceful purposes but which other
countries contend are driven by military ambitions.
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 The widespread persecution of Iranians for their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, and gender and sexual orientation is documented in a new American Jewish Committee (AJC) study, Human Rights in Iran, 2007. Iranian government-controlled judiciary, as well as extra-constitutional courts, such as the Revolutionary Courts and the Special Courts for the Clergy, target specific groups rejected by Tehran's ruling elite. These legal bodies flout both international and Iranian law, often issuing summary decisions at closed trials that lack due process.
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 Amnesty International today called for the immediate and unconditional release of over 30 women activists who were arrested on Sunday, March 4, while staging a peaceful demonstration in Tehran. The organization believes the arrests may be intended to deter activists from organizing events to mark International Women's Day on March 8.
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bloggers than any other country and blocks public access to 40% of political opposition’s websites. Liberate the imprisoned voice of moderate Iran by promoting firewall-bypassing technology.
