SCOOP: Anti-Israel Washington state human rights commissioner appears to have term renewed
Han Tran, whose term on the Washington State Human Rights Commission expired at the end of June, wrote that "antisemitism was being instrumentalized to justify the slaughter of Palestinians."
Assessment
A Washington state human rights commissioner whose term had expired appears to have had it renewed despite a public record of accusing critics of instrumentalizing antisemitism to justify violence against Palestinians. The renewal raises questions about how the state evaluates fitness for civil rights oversight roles when an appointee has made statements that could be seen as minimizing antisemitism complaints. The next development to watch is whether the governor's office or state lawmakers will address the reappointment process or the commissioner's remarks.