Posted on 01/27/21
| News Source: i24
Linda Thomas-Greenfield says BDS conduct 'verges on anti-Semitic,' vows to deny it a voice in UN
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US President Joe Biden's pick for the role of US envoy to the United Nations, condemned the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement during her confirmation hearing in the Senate on Wednesday.
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“I find the actions and the approach that BDS has taken toward Israel as unacceptable," Thomas-Greenfield said, adding that it "verges on anti-Semitic."
She stressed that the group must not be allowed to exercise any sway within the international body and vowed to work to derail its UN outreach efforts.
A former US assistant secretary with the Bureau of African Affairs, Thomas-Greenfield does not appear to have much of a record on Israel. Read more at i24