Elie Wiesel on Durban II...

If Durban II goes forward as planned, it will just make the UN look ridiculous...

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel on Thursday said the passing of resolutions attacking Israel at the upcoming "Durban II" conference on racism would only harm the summit's host, the United Nations.

"The anti-Israeli resolutions to be expected at Durban II will harm the UN, not Israel," Weisel told Haaretz. He was referring to reports that draft resolutions for the summit brand Israel as an occupying state that carries out racist policies.

"If these resolutions are not altered and corrected, the UN, and not Israel, will leave the conference damaged and ridiculed," the Nobel laureate added. "The passing of such resolutions will debase the ideal that the global organization seeks to represent to the very lowest level."