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From left) Gilad Erdan, State Department antisemitism monitor Elan Carr and Mencahem Margolin presenting a report on BDS in Brussels, Sept. 25, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Yonni Rykner)

State Department plans to label 3 human rights groups as antisemitic

By Ron Kampeas, Ben Sales, JTA
In an unusual move, the State Department is planning to formally identify three large international human rights organizations as antisemitic, citing disputed aspects of the groups’ agendas. Elan Carr, the department’s antisemitism monitor, is planning to release a statement calling on governments not to support Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Oxfam, congressional sources…
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