Tariq Habash, special assistant in the Education Department s Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, in a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, said: "I cannot stay silent as this administration turns a blind eye to the atrocities committed against innocent Palestinian lives, in what leading human rights experts have called a genocidal campaign by the Israeli government."
A senior official at the U.S. Department of Education stepped down Wednesday, citing President Biden’s handling of the conflict in Gaza. Tariq Habash was a special assistant that focused on student loan issues and volunteered on Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. His resignation letter, addressed to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and obtained by The Washington Post,…
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