(Washington Examiner) The Senate is expected to vote later this week on confirming a top Biden administration nominee who has received scrutiny from Republicans over his anti-Israel ties.
President Joe Biden renominated Dilawar Syed to be deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration in January after Senate Republicans blocked the now-State Department official’s confirmation in September 2021. Syed’s prior board member role for Emgage Action, which has likened Israel to an “apartheid state” and embraced the antisemitism-linked boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against Israel, has led to GOP lawmakers and watchdog groups speaking out against him.
“The fact that the Biden administration would work with Chuck Schumer to push through a nomination like this lays bare the administration’s weak support for Israel,” Tom Jones, president of the American Accountability Foundation, a conservative watchdog, told the Washington Examiner.
