{"id":2180418,"date":"2024-02-20T05:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T10:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-officials-privately-criticized-funding-effort-to-delegitimize-israel-contradicting-public-statements\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T05:16:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T10:16:58","slug":"state-department-officials-privately-criticized-funding-effort-to-delegitimize-israel-contradicting-public-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-officials-privately-criticized-funding-effort-to-delegitimize-israel-contradicting-public-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department officials privately criticized funding to delegitimize Israel, contradicting public statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fstate-department-officials-privately-criticized-funding-effort-to-delegitimize-israel-contradicting-public-statements%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=2180418&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>Diplomats Express Alarm Over Taxpayer-Funded Grant to Investigate Israeli Human Rights Violations<\/h2>\n<p>Diplomats in the Biden State Department are privately expressing concern over\u200b a $1 million grant that was intended to support\u200b investigations into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-sells-sneakers-from-chinese-company-suspected-of-using-uyghur-forced-labor\/\" title=\"NBA Sells Sneakers From Chinese Company Suspected of Using Uyghur Forced Labor\">alleged human rights violations<\/a> by Israel.\u200d This contradicts the agency&#8217;s public defense of the funding initiative. The State Department has now refused to disclose \u200dwhether the grant was actually awarded.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200b State Department official criticized \u200bcolleagues in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) for downplaying the funding initiative as a routine oversight program, \u200dwhen\u200c in \u200dreality, it was meant to undermine one of the United \u2064States&#8217; closest allies. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamalas-aides-panic-after-biden-assigned-her-to-solve-border-challenge-report\/\" title=\"Kamala\u2019s Aides \u2018Panic\u2019 After Biden Assigned Her To Solve Border \u2018Challenge\u2019: Report\">official pushed back<\/a> against \u200cclaims \u2062that similar grants are issued elsewhere, highlighting the fact that this particular grant specifically mentioned violations of land \u2063property rights. The official questioned\u200d the decision-making behind the grant, asking, &#8220;Who \u200cwrote this thing??&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While \u200cthe State Department \u2063publicly defended the grant \u200cas a means to strengthen accountability and\u2062 human rights in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza, critics\u2064 in Congress accused the Biden \u200dadministration of funding efforts to delegitimize Israel and support the anti-Semitic\u2063 Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. Internal correspondence obtained by the \u200d <em>Free\u200c Beacon<\/em> reveals that some diplomats viewed the\u2063 grant as an attempt to erode Israel&#8217;s legitimacy\u2063 on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>The grant proposal offered\u2063 up to\u200b $987,654 to outside groups for collecting \u2062and\u2064 maintaining human rights documentation, including violations \u200bof legal or security sectors and housing, land, and\u200c property rights. However, internal\u2063 emails \u2063show that an \u2064unnamed diplomat pointed out that similar grants have only been issued for countries known to commit mass \u2064human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz, a\u200b member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated that the \u200cemails provide evidence \u2064that the Biden administration was working to undermine Israel&#8217;s legitimacy. He criticized the grant as a disgrace and accused\u2064 the State Department of continuing \u200dto undermine Israel at every opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with\u2064 the\u2063 grant\u2062 revealed that it was clear the intent was to \u200ctarget \u2062Israel, and \u200bthe incident exposed divisions over anti-Semitism within the Biden State \u2063Department. The department&#8217;s \u2064office to monitor and combat anti-Semitism was not consulted on\u2062 the grant, and the U.S. anti-Semitism\u2062 envoy was only brought\u2063 into the matter after\u200b public criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Additional emails related to the \u2064grant show the State Department facing inquiries from reporters and congressional \u2062offices. The State Department\u200b did \u200dnot respond to these questions for nearly a month, raising further concerns. The \u200cdepartment declined to comment on the correspondence, citing\u2064 a policy of not discussing internal government communications.<\/p>\n<p>Reed \u200bRubinstein, senior counselor\u200c and director\u200d of oversight and investigations for America First\u200c Legal, described the grant as a &#8220;shameful assault on our \u200bally Israel&#8217;s security \u200cand legitimacy.&#8221; Rubinstein criticized the Biden administration for using taxpayer\u200c dollars to subsidize Palestinian terrorism and undermine Israel&#8217;s elected government.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what ways does the controversy surrounding this grant \u200dcomplicate the Biden administration&#8217;s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian \u2063conflict, and\u200d how\u200d will they ensure a\u200b fair and \u2062unbiased stance while promoting human \u200drights<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ence obtained by media outlets revealed that diplomats within the State Department are expressing alarm over a taxpayer-funded grant intended \u200dto investigate Israeli human\u2062 rights\u2064 violations. The grant, worth $1\u2063 million, has raised \u2062concerns among \u200bthese diplomats, who contradict the agency&#8217;s public defense of the funding initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) within the State Department has \u200cbeen criticized by a State \u2062Department official for downplaying \u2062the\u200d grant \u200bas \u200ba routine oversight\u200d program. In reality, this official argues \u2062that the grant was\u2063 designed to undermine one\u200d of the United States&#8217; closest allies, Israel. The official&#8217;s criticism is grounded in the fact that the grant specifically mentioned violations of land \u2062property\u2062 rights, which raises questions about the motives behind its creation.<\/p>\n<p>The dissenting official \u200bappears incredulous about the decision-making process\u2064 behind the grant and quipped, &#8220;Who wrote \u2063this thing??&#8221; This remark highlights the skepticism surrounding the grant and implies that the official believes the\u2063 grant was not formulated impartially and\u200d fairly.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2063 the State Department continues \u2062to publicly defend the grant, stating that it is aimed at strengthening accountability and human rights in \u2064Israel, critics within\u2062 Congress have accused the Biden administration of funding efforts to delegitimize Israel and support the\u2063 Boycott,\u2064 Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which has been flagged as anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minority-employees-at-state-department-oppose-diversity-plan\/\" title=\"Minority Employees at State Department Oppose Diversity Plan\">internal correspondence obtained<\/a> by media outlets \u2064sheds light on the\u200c division within the State Department over\u200c this\u200c grant. It reveals concerns\u200b among diplomats that this initiative may\u2062 harm\u2063 relations with one of America&#8217;s closest allies and\u2063 contribute to the \u2063delegitimization of Israel. The fact \u200bthat these concerns are voiced privately suggests a lack of transparency and raises questions about the State Department&#8217;s \u200dalignment with its public statements.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy \u200csurrounding this \u200bgrant also highlights \u2063the delicate balance that the Biden administration \u2064must navigate in\u200b its approach to the \u2062Israeli-Palestinian \u200bconflict. While\u200b supporting\u2062 human\u2062 rights \u2062and\u2063 promoting accountability \u200bis crucial, it must be done in a\u200d manner that is perceived as\u2063 fair and \u2064unbiased by all parties involved. Any perception of\u200c favoritism or agenda-driven funding can severely damage diplomatic relations and hinder progress \u200dtowards a peaceful \u200dresolution.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the \u2063alarm expressed by diplomats within the \u2063Biden State Department \u2063over the\u200d taxpayer-funded\u200b grant to investigate \u2064Israeli human rights \u2062violations underscores the divisions and concerns\u200c surrounding this funding initiative. The contradictory stances taken by officials and the \u2063accusations\u200b made by critics raise questions \u2064about the motives and transparency of \u2062the\u2063 grant. As the situation develops, it remains to\u2062 be seen how the State\u200c Department will address these concerns and \u2062maintain \u200cthe delicate \u200dbalance necessary to support\u200d human \u200crights while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-the-white-house-downplays-chinese-influence-operations-beijing-renews-efforts-to-infiltrate-american-colleges\/\" title=\"White House downplays Chinese influence, Beijing renews college infiltration efforts.\">preserving diplomatic relations<\/a> with Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden State Department diplomats privately voiced concern about a $1 million grant to probe Israeli human rights violations, contradicting the agency&#8217;s public support. The State Department now refuses to confirm if the grant was approved. 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