"An eleventh-hour initiative by the Trump administration to label as 'anti-Semitic' international human rights groups deemed supportive of the BDS movement failed to materialize, a former US official confirmed on Monday.
The policy was announced by then-secretary of state Mike Pompeo during a visit to Israel less than two weeks after then-president Donald Trump was defeated by Joe Biden. The top US diplomat said he had directed his office's special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, Elan Carr, to identify organizations that engage in or otherwise support, the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
According to Politico, the policy was meant to target several prominent organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam, branding them 'anti-Semitic' and ending American support for them.
But with just two months remaining in Trump's presidency, Carr failed to submit the list directed by Pompeo in time. The special envoy, a Trump appointee, stepped down just before Biden took office...
The same aggressive policy is not expected to be pursued by the Biden administration..."