State Department Cuts Ties With Islamic Charity Over Anti-Semitism Getty Images Adam Kredo • January 18, 2021 5:50 pm
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The State Department has cut ties with Islamic Relief Worldwide, an international charity that the United States accuses of spreading anti-Semitism. The public accusations represent a wholesale shift in how the United States approaches a global charity that was, until recently, an official partner of the American government and raked in hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars.
The State Department is conducting a full review of the organization and U.S. government funding due to the anti-Semitism exhibited repeatedly by IRW’s leadership, Ellie Cohanim, the deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, told the