U.S. Cong. Tom Price (GA), Alan Dershowitz, Shelby Steele & Others to Brief Reporters About Upcoming U.N. Showdown on Push for Palestinian Statehood & Durban 'Anti-Racism Conference' This Tues., Sept. 20th - From 10:40 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. ET on National Media Conference Call

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

WHO: U.S. Congressman Tom Price (GA), Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee; Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Professor and Best-Selling Author; and Shelby Steele, Hoover Institution Fellow and National Humanities Medal recipient will participate in a media conference call hosted by Hudson Institute President Ken Weinstein.

WHEN: 10:40 a.m. ET - 11:10 a.m. ET, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011.

**** IMPORTANT:  Interested reporters may register online to receive call-in details:  http://www.atconference.com/events/registration.php?ID=c4843d3d-219e-4e1f-a344-f9d5af5990b8

WHAT:  National media conference call to brief reporters on this week's United Nations General Assembly and to reject unilateral Palestinian moves that seek to demonize and destroy the state of Israel. The speakers will also discuss why they object to the use of the United Nations to promote an anti-American, anti-Israel agenda and the misuse of U.S. taxpayers' dollars (approx. $8 billion annually) to pay for activities designed to undermine the democratic state of Israel – America's strongest ally in the Middle East.  

WHY: The Hudson Institute and Touro College are leading the effort to reveal the moral, financial and national security perils associated with supporting highly-controversial declarations at the U.N.  On Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, they will host an all-day conference about the perils of global intolerance at the United Nations featuring leading foreign policy experts, intellectuals, human rights advocates and key government officials. It will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel in New York. (Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address the United Nations on the same day/ same time.)

ABOUT:  The Touro College Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust aims to understand, explore and evaluate contemporary mechanisms for protecting human rights and the rule of law in view of the lessons of the Holocaust and its aftermath. http://www.touro.edu/ihrh

The Hudson Institute is a nonpartisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis. Founded in 1961, Hudson is celebrating a half century of forging ideas that promote security, prosperity, and freedom. http://www.hudson.org.

SOURCE Hudson Institute and Touro College

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