{"id":101668,"date":"2023-01-27T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=101668"},"modified":"2023-01-27T16:16:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T14:16:56","slug":"02-05-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=101668","title":{"rendered":"Jewish nominee quits bid for US human rights post amid scrutiny of Israel comments"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Jewish nominee quits bid for US human rights post amid scrutiny of Israel comments<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

RON KAMPEAS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sarah Margon, who voiced support for disinvestment from West Bank settlements, says she can\u2019t see path to confirmation with Republican senator determined to block appointment.<\/strong>
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\nScreen capture from video of former Washington Director of Human Rights Watch Sarah Margon, January,2020. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (JTA) \u2014 A Jewish nominee withdrew her bid for a top US State Department human rights post after a key Republican senator refused to change his mind about what he said were her unacceptable past comments on Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt present, I don\u2019t see a path forward for confirmation, and after one and a half years, it\u2019s time to move on,\u201d Sarah Margon said in a statement first reported by Politico. US President Joe Biden had nominated Margon to be assistant secretary of state for human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

James Risch, the Idaho senator who is the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, refused to agree to advance Margon\u2019s nomination principally because of her statements on Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON (JTA) \u2014 A Jewish nominee withdrew her bid for a top US State Department human rights post after a key Republican senator refused to change his mind about what he said were her unacceptable past comments on Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt present, I don\u2019t see a path forward for confirmation, and after one and a half years, it\u2019s time to move on,\u201d Sarah Margon said in a statement first reported by Politico. US President Joe Biden had nominated Margon to be assistant secretary of state for human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

James Risch, the Idaho senator who is the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, refused to agree to advance Margon\u2019s nomination principally because of her statements on Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Margon had in the past tweeted about supporting disinvestment from Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Hawkish pro-Israel groups, including the Zionist Organization of America, said this was tantamount to endorsing the boycott Israel movement, although Margon in testimony said she did not support a broader boycott of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right-wing pro-Israel groups also\u00a0held against Margon<\/a>\u00a0her past employment with Human Rights Watch, a group that has clashed repeatedly with Israel\u2019s government.<\/span><\/p>\n

A slew of officials in the human rights community backed Margon\u2019s appointment, including, notably, Elliott Abrams, a hawkish pro-Israel voice who held top human rights and foreign policy posts in Republican administrations, including the Trump administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Margon likely had the votes to advance on the committee \u2014 Democrats are in the majority \u2014 and she had the backing of its chairman, Democrat Robert Menendez of New Jersey, one of the most staunchly pro-Israel senators in the body. But the committee has a tradition of \u201ccomity,\u201d in which no nominee is granted a vote without the agreement of the committee\u2019s top Republican and Democrat. Menendez would not break with that tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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