Amid reports that local post offices in the United States are refusing to accept mail for delivery in Israel due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) urges US Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe to take “prompt action” to ensure offices in all 50 states accept and process mail destined for Israel.
The ADL says it has fielded complaints in recent days from customers in Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey, who were told the US Postal Service was not currently accepting mail for delivery in Israel.
Mail is sorted in Israel (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash 90)
“The postal employees have told these individuals that current USPS policy says that mail to Israel cannot be accepted because of the current crisis,” says ADL director Abraham Foxman.
“Only once employees sought clarification from supervisors in Washington did these post offices accept packages and letters to Israel.”
In its letter to Donahoe, the ADL suggests the Postal Service employees may have misunderstood a temporary suspension of mail delivery to Israel during the 36-hour flight ban in July as being permanent.
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