US Postal Employees Block Mail To Israel, Contrary To Policy

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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says that it has “filed complaints” from USPS customers in Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey “who were improperly informed” that deliveries to Israel had been stopped.
“The postal employees have told these individuals that current USPS policy says that mail to Israel cannot be accepted because of the current crisis,” ADL national director Abraham Foxman, said in a statement on Wednesday. “Only once employees sought clarification from supervisors in Washington did these post offices accept packages and letters to Israel.”
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No authorization was ever granted to stop mail delivery to Israel and the USPS attempted to ensure that service to Israel continued during the duration of the Federal Aviation Authority’s (FAA) suspension of flights to Israel last month.
“There was no authorized announcement of a temporary suspension of international mail dispatched abroad by the U.S. Postal Service to Israel during the FAA flight suspension affecting Ben Gurion International Airport on July 22 and 23,” the spokesman said. “During this period, the U.S. Postal Service continued to dispatch abroad U.S. mail and packages addressed to Israel through transportation on cargo flights and other carriers that were authorized to fly to Ben Gurion airport into Israel.”

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Postal Service Apologizes for Denying Mail Deliveries to Israel
Faced criticism from human rights groups
BY: Adam Kredo
August 14, 2014 12:40 pm