{"id":2150615,"date":"2024-01-16T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snow-thwarts-anti-israel-government-employee-walkout\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T20:02:35","slug":"snow-thwarts-anti-israel-government-employee-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snow-thwarts-anti-israel-government-employee-walkout\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow stops anti-Israel government employee &#8216;walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsnow-thwarts-anti-israel-government-employee-walkout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2150615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Anti-Israel Government Employees\u2064 Foiled in &#8220;Walkout&#8221; Protest<\/h2>\n<p>Plans for a dramatic &#8220;walkout&#8221; by anti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-quietly-issued-another-executive-order-this-one-concerning-the-military\/\" title=\"President Trump Quietly Issued Another Executive Order \u2013 This One Concerning the Military\">government employees<\/a> to protest the Biden \u2062administration&#8217;s military support for Israel were unexpectedly thwarted. The snow day that \u2064shut\u200d down all federal offices in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday put a halt to their intended\u200d demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>According to anonymous protest organizers, hundreds of employees from various agencies, including the White House, State Department, Defense Department, and National Security Agency, were planning to skip work \u2064and \u2062participate in a &#8220;Day of Mourning&#8221; for Gaza. However, their plans were disrupted by the heavy \u2063snowfall \u2064that led to the closure of\u200d all federal\u200c offices.<\/p>\n<p>This setback came as Republican lawmakers vowed to take action against any Biden administration employees who \u200djoined the anti-Israel walkout. Legal experts \u2062also warned that\u2062 participating\u200b in such a protest could result in\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-unions-lash-out-over-job-killing-energy-policies\/\" title=\"Labor unions lash out over job killing energy policies\">job loss<\/a>\u2063 and jeopardize security clearances.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Painter, the former chief White House ethics\u200c counsel, emphasized \u200cthe potential consequences for\u200d political appointees and White House staff who \u2064openly participated in demonstrations against the president&#8217;s \u2064Middle East policy. He stated that it would be &#8220;wildly inappropriate&#8221; \u200cand highly \u200clikely for President Biden to fire those involved.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the potential\u2064 repercussions, the\u200b White House, State Department, Defense Department, and National Security Agency declined to comment on\u200d whether they would punish employees who joined the protest.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson issued a strong warning, stating that federal employees who participated in the protest &#8220;deserve to be fired.&#8221; He pledged to collaborate with the House Oversight Committee to ensure appropriate disciplinary actions are taken by federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has been under pressure\u2063 from its progressive base, which has increasingly\u2064 adopted an anti-Israel stance, to cut off military support \u2064for\u2064 the Jewish\u200c state. A Gallup poll conducted in March revealed that, for the first time in the survey&#8217;s history, more Democrats sympathized with Palestinians over Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>This opposition to Israel has even reached \u2063the administration\u200c itself, with multiple \u2064staffers resigning to protest the war against Hamas. In November,\u2064 over 500\u200d anonymous Biden administration employees reportedly signed a letter denouncing U.S. military support for Israel in the Gaza \u2064War.<\/p>\n<p>The letter called on President Biden to urgently\u2062 demand\u200d a cease-fire, describing Israel&#8217;s\u2064 military response to Hamas&#8217;s mass\u2064 slaughter of civilians\u2063 as a &#8220;costly and senseless war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Published\u200c under:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/anti-semitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-Semitism<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Defense<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/nsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protests<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/washington-d-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington D.C.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has the shift in public opinion\u2062 towards Israel affected the Biden administration&#8217;s policies?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Me, more\u2063 Democrats view Israel negatively than positively. This shift \u2063in public opinion has led to increased\u200c scrutiny of the Biden administration&#8217;s policies towards Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The planned &#8220;walkout&#8221; by anti-Israel government employees was seen as a direct response to the Biden administration&#8217;s military support for Israel during the recent\u200b conflict with Hamas in Gaza. These\u2064 employees, hailing from\u200b various \u2063agencies including the White House, State Department, Defense Department, and\u2062 National Security Agency, intended \u200bto show their solidarity with Gaza by skipping work and participating in a &#8220;Day of Mourning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, their plans were abruptly halted by an unexpected snowstorm that forced the closure of all federal offices in Washington, D.C. This \u2064twist of fate prevented the anti-Israel employees from carrying out their protest.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers, on the other hand, made it clear that they would not tolerate any government employees participating in the walkout. They vowed to \u200btake action against those who did, including potential job loss and the jeopardization of security clearances. Legal experts also warned of the consequences \u2064that \u200dcould follow such an \u2062act of protest.<\/p>\n<p>Richard \u200bPainter, the former chief White House ethics counsel, stressed the inappropriateness of political appointees \u2064and White House staff openly demonstrating against \u2063the \u200bpresident&#8217;s Middle East policy. He stated that it would be highly\u2063 likely for President Biden to fire those involved.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the potential repercussions, the White House, State Department, Defense Department, \u2062and National Security Agency\u2063 chose not to comment on whether they would punish employees who \u200cjoined the protest. Their silence only added to the uncertainty surrounding the situation.<\/p>\n<p>House\u200b Speaker \u200bMike Johnson, however, took a strong \u200cstance on the\u2064 matter. \u2063He\u200c expressed\u200d his belief that federal employees who participated in the protest &#8220;deserve to be fired.&#8221; He also pledged to work with the House Oversight Committee to ensure that appropriate disciplinary actions are taken by \u2062federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has recently faced increased pressure from its progressive \u200cbase to cut military\u2064 support \u2063for Israel. This pressure stems from a shift in public opinion, where more Democrats now view Israel negatively \u2064than positively. A Gallup poll conducted in March indicated this change for\u2063 the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The thwarted walkout \u200bprotest serves as a reminder of the divisions and challenges faced by \u200dthe Biden administration in navigating its policies towards Israel. While anti-Israel\u2064 sentiment among certain government employees has become more prominent, lawmakers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-few-contradictions-in-the-twisted-liberal-mind\/\" title=\"A Few Contradictions In The Twisted Liberal Mind\">legal experts warn<\/a> of the potential\u200b consequences that await those who openly express \u200btheir opposition. The question of how the Biden administration will address this issue still remains unanswered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Israel government employees&#8217; planned &#8220;walkout&#8221; to protest Biden administration&#8217;s military support for Israel was thwarted by a snow day closing all federal offices in Washington, D.C. Anonymous organizers said &#8220;hundreds&#8221; from the White House, State Department, Defense Department, and other agencies were involved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":2150616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2150615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2150615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2150616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}