Rally in Dearborn, Michigan saw chants of “Death to Israel,” praise for slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and calls for Jews to be returned “back to Poland.”
The State Department is standing by an adviser to the federal agency who spoke at an anti-Israel rally that saw chants of “Death to Israel,” praise for slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and calls for Jews to be returned “back to Poland.”
Dearborn, Mich., mayor Abdullah Hammoud (D.), a member of the State Department’s Assembly of Local Leaders, spoke on Sept. 25 at a “Stand with Lebanon” rally in Dearborn to decry U.S. support for Israel against Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon. Hammoud, who has emerged as a leading critic of Israel following October 7, touted his support for the anti-Israel divestment movement, and said, “We cannot condone any president that uplifts any administration that bombs every school decimating children to smithereens.”
Elected Dearborn mayor in 2021, Hammoud was introduced as the “greatest mayor in the United States” by Arab-American activist Osama Siblani. Siblani, whom the Harris campaign has met with to gain the support of Michigan’s Muslim voters, hailed Hezbollah’s Nasrallah during his speech as a “hero” and said of Israelis: “We will take you back to Poland.”
