The US State Department has suspected a number of human rights organizations of anti-Semitism. Reported by CNN.
According to the channel, the US Foreign Office is considering declaring Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Oxfam anti-Semitic. The reason for this was the possible support of human rights activists for the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, “Boycott, isolation and sanctions”). This global political campaign calls for economic and political pressure on Israel and is viewed as anti-Zionist in the US and Europe.
CNN notes that HRW and Oxfam have previously urged businesses not to operate in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and Amnesty International is opposing the Israeli settlements themselves. Now the State Department has demanded that human rights activists clarify their position on the BDS. Thus, the channel suggests, incumbent President Donald Trump is trying to score political points and garner support among Jewish voters ahead of the November 3 elections.
Oxfam and Amnesty International have rejected any suggestion that they are anti-Semitic. Human rights activists announced that they consider such suspicions “false, unfounded and offensive.” Amnesty noted that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is the fundamental document of their work, was formulated in response to the atrocities committed against the Jewish people.
