"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..."
January 26, 2021
Former Secretary of State Pompeo plan to declare rights groups 'antisemitic' over Israel stance shelved
Elan Carr, the former U.S. State Department special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism (YouTube screenshot)
Date
January 26, 2021
Title
Pompeo plan to declare rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’ over Israel stance shelved, The Times of Israel
Author(s)
James Maggid
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