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Deborah Lipstadt confirmed as US antisemitism envoy

Following an eight-month delay, on March 30 the US Senate unanimously confirmed noted antisemitism scholar Deborah Lipstadt to be the State Department’s special envoy to combat and monitor antisemitism.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination one day earlier, with only two Re­publican senators, Mitt Romney from Utah and Marco Rubio from Florida, voting in favor.

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