The post of special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, which has been vacant since President Donald Trump took office in January, will be filled, the US State Department spokesman said.
On April 17, The New York Times ran an op-ed by Marwan Barghouti, the Fatah leader jailed in Israel, and described him as “a Palestinian leader and parliamentarian” but failing to mention that he is also a convicted murdered who as the commander of Fatah’s Tanzim paramilitary offshooti was behind the murders of Israelis. In his op-ed, Barghouti states that he was first arrested at age 15, then again at age 18, and he alleges physical abuse by Israeli interrogators.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 3 in Washington DC, a Palestinian official confirmed.
As reports emerge about Trump's plan to nix the Antisemitism Envoy post the same week Press Secretary Spicer made a controversial Hitler remark, the White House faces accusations of antisemitism.
An Orthodox Jewish candidate for mayor of Manchester apologized after burning what he called a “missionary bible” and posting images of it on social media.
The Trump administration will leave empty the office of the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, according to a former State Department official.