{"id":550132,"date":"2021-06-02T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550132"},"modified":"2021-06-02T18:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:36:02","slug":"senate-dems-confirm-anti-israel-activist-to-top-spot-at-us-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-dems-confirm-anti-israel-activist-to-top-spot-at-us-postal-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Dems Confirm Anti-Israel Activist To Top Spot at US Postal Service"},"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\">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%2Fsenate-dems-confirm-anti-israel-activist-to-top-spot-at-us-postal-service%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=550132&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-02-at-5.09.23-PM-e1622668278971.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Just before the Memorial Day weekend, Senate Democrats quietly confirmed a longtime anti-Israel activist to serve on the United States Postal Service&#8217;s Board of Governors, raising further questions about the Biden administration&#8217;s embrace of those who serve on the front lines in the fight to delegitimize the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats confirmed by voice vote Friday evening Anton Hajjar, a longtime member of and legal adviser to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), a notoriously anti-Israel organization that promotes anti-Semitic canards. The group routinely and inaccurately refers to Israel as an &#8220;apartheid state,&#8221; a term meant to stoke anger at Israel, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/obama-and-the-adc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> U.S. lawmakers of promoting Israel\u2019s interests over America\u2019s. Senate Democrats expedited\u00a0Hajjar&#8217;s confirmation by waiving a parliamentary\u00a0rule that allows the minority to delay a vote.<\/p>\n<p>Hajjar is just the latest Biden nominee closely tied to anti-Israel causes such as the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. Dilawar Syed, Biden\u2019s pick for deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-sba-pick-serves-on-the-board-of-anti-israel-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">served<\/a> on the board of the Muslim-American advocacy group Emgage Action, which supports BDS, since 2017. Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-taps-anti-israel-bds-activist-for-top-white-house-intel-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tapped<\/a> BDS activist Maher Bitar to serve in a top intelligence posting on the White House National Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>While Hajjar will have little power to promote anti-Israel causes from his perch on the Postal Service\u2019s Board of Governors, critics see the Biden administration rewarding fringe activists with plum gigs. Hajjar is a prolific Democratic Party donor and recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=Anton+Hajjar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave funds<\/a> to Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), the anti-Israel lawmaker who has promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and pushed to cut U.S. aid to the Jewish state as it was fighting Hamas terrorists this last month. The Postal Service <a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/who\/leadership\/board-governors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">board<\/a> directs the agency\u2019s expenditures and sets policies of most postal matters.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that Hajjar\u2019s longstanding ties to one of the most vocal anti-Israel organizations operating in the United States are troubling, particularly at a time when anti-Semitism is skyrocketing across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeing a disgusting rise in anti-Semitism across the globe, including in our own communities,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;Any nominee associated with an anti-Israel group raises serious concerns and deserves increased scrutiny. Anti-Israel policies and activities give cover to anti-Semitism, and we have to call it for what it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Israel ADC supported Hajjar\u2019s confirmation to the Postal Service, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adc\/status\/1385261432640507909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling<\/a> for his &#8220;swift nomination&#8221; in April.<\/p>\n<p>Hajjar has been namechecked as a &#8220;longtime&#8221; ADC member, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zTvKyqeWQa8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to recordings of the group\u2019s past events. He also serves as a legal adviser to Safa Rifka, the chair of the organization\u2019s board, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anton-hajjar-053262140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to LinkedIn. Rifka is closely aligned with embattled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, as well as his former ambassador in Washington, D.C., Imad Moustapha.<\/p>\n<p>During Israel\u2019s most recent conflict with Hamas, the ADC pressured Congress to cut critical U.S. security assistance to the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is paid for by U.S. taxpayer dollars,&#8221; the group <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adc\/status\/1395098880308617225?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> on May 19, referring to Israeli war planes. &#8220;Tell Congress enough is enough\u2014no more funding to the apartheid state of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ADC also urged its members to tell Congress that it must &#8220;put pressure on the Israeli government to end the forced exile and brutal attacks on Palestinians,&#8221; according to a copy of the form letter <a href=\"https:\/\/adc.salsalabs.org\/stopfundingapartheid\/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&#038;eId=3a0eef34-9e15-4056-9ce2-30dfa38fce0e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained<\/a> by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC also was one of over 60 organizations that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adc\/status\/1397984220442681346?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cosponsored<\/a> a pro-BDS rally over Memorial Day weekend in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Hajjar is a lawyer who served as general counsel for the American Postal Workers Union. He also represented Arab and Muslim Americans in pro-bono employment discrimination cases that were filed in the wake of the 9\/11 terror attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Hajjar <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/0931968367.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">represented<\/a> the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) and its CEO, Rateb Rabie, in a 2004 civil labor suit, according to court documents reviewed by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. HCEF is closely associated with the ADC.<\/p>\n<p>HCEF also promotes anti-Israel causes and during its 2014 international conference, the organization featured a speech by Palestine Liberation Organization spokesman Hanan Ashrawi. During her speech, Ashrawi &#8220;sliced and diced Israeli propaganda and detailed the methodology of Israel\u2019s genocide and ethnic cleansing of not only Christian Palestinians but all non-Jews,&#8221; according to coverage of the event <a href=\"https:\/\/hcef.org\/790794094-ashrawi-warns-israel-destroying-christian-presence-in-the-holy-land-at-middle-east-christian-confab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on HCEF\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service and White House did not respond by press time to requests for comments on Hajjar\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before the Memorial Day weekend, Senate Democrats quietly confirmed a longtime anti-Israel activist to serve on the United States Postal Service&#8217;s Board of Governors, raising further questions about the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278991,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-02-at-5.09.23-PM-e1622668278971.png","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Dems Confirm Anti-Israel Activist To Top Spot at US Postal Service","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-02-at-5.09.23-PM-e1622668278971.png","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Dems Confirm Anti-Israel Activist To Top Spot at US Postal Service","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550132","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}