US anti-Semitism envoy: We may reconsider ties with countries deemed anti-Israel
>Elan Carr announces ‘groundbreaking’ move to equate anti-Zionism with Jew-hatred, but will not clarify which nations could fall into that category
>The US may reconsider its relationships with countries it deems to be anti-Israel, the Trump administration’s envoy for anti-Semitism said in an interview published Sunday.
>“The United States is willing to review its relationship with any country, and certainly anti-Semitism on the part of a country with whom we have relations is a deep concern,” Elan Carr told the Reuters news agency.
>“I will be raising that issue in bilateral meetings that I am undertaking all over the world,” he added. “That is something we are going to have frank and candid conversations about — behind closed doors.”
>When questioned, Carr refused to clarify which countries could fall into that category.
>“I obviously can’t comment on diplomatic tools that we might bring to bear,” he said. “Each country is a different diplomatic challenge, a different situation, number one. And number two, if I started disclosing what we might do it would be less effective.”
>Carr told the outlet that the Trump administration’s decision to equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism “certainly breaks new ground,” and that anti-Semitism is often hidden under the guise of anti-Zionism.
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