US President Joe Biden’s administration has reversed another decree issued by Donald Trump’s predecessor, facing allegations of “anti-Semitic discrimination”.
In concrete terms, this involves cooperation with Israel in the field of research. The US State Department announced on Monday that it would end funding for scientific research with Israeli universities in the occupied West Bank.
According to the new guidelines for US agencies, “the establishment of bilateral scientific and technological cooperation with Israel in areas that came under Israeli administration after 1967 and are still being negotiated for final statutes is against US foreign policy,” it said. the spokesman for the ministry. Matthew Miller.
Decades of consensus scrapped by Trump
The United States would “dearly appreciate scientific and technological cooperation with Israel”, and the restriction on the West Bank “reflects the American position that has existed for decades”. The international consensus had been ended by Trump during his presidency. The decision mainly concerns the University of Ariel, which opened in 1982 in the newly established settlement.
Republican Party representatives immediately criticized the move. Senator Ted Cruz accused the Biden administration of “anti-Semitic discrimination” against Jews in the West Bank. David Friedman, the US ambassador to Israel under Trump, accused the administration of joining the so-called BDS movement, which calls for an economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel to end its occupation and colonization of the Palestinian territories.
Source: Krone
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