Email from Zionist Organization of America   ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NEWS RELEASE After Quick Campaign by ZOA and Others Complaining, Trump Removed Pro-Terrorist Hezbollah Imam from Giving Benediction at Inauguration Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: ZOA is gratified and deeply appreciates that the Trump inauguration committee canceled its plans for pro-terrorist Hezbollah Dearborn, Michigan Shia Imam, Husham al-Husainy to give a benediction at President Trump’s inauguration, following a quick campaign by ZOA; Newsmax, who published ZOA’s op-ed on this extremist terror-supporting Imam; and others to remove al-Husainy from the inauguration program. Al-Husainy had held aloft a photo of then-Hezbollah terror leader Hassan Nasrallah on stage at a 2006 pro-Hezbollah rally in Dearborn; had answered “No” when he was repeatedly asked if Hezbollah is a terror organization on Hannity & Colmes, after first attempting to deflect the question by saying that Hezbollah is a Lebanese organization and means “party of G-d”; and had wished death upon Saudi Arabia and denounced Saudis as “agents of the Jews” whose “Zionist” planes “rain down” death upon the people of Yemen, at a rally organized by al-Husainy’s Karbalaa Center. As ZOA pointed out, it would have sent a terrible message and placed a black mark marring President Trump’s new term to give a Jew-hater, Israel-hater and apologist for U.S.-designated foreign terror organization Hezbollah a prominent platform at the Trump inauguration. See “ZOA Urges Trump Inauguration Committee: Don’t Allow Antisemitic, Extremist Pro-Terrorist Hezbollah Imam to Give Inauguration Benediction,” Jan. 15, 2025; and Newsmax article and tweet quoting ZOA Pres. Morton Klein. Americans – including unprecedented numbers of American Jews – voted for President Trump in part believing that he will fight against the mainstreaming of antisemitism and Israel-bashing in America and work to make it unacceptable again. We are pleased that Trump’s inauguration committee heard and responded to our and others’ concerns. VIEW ON OUR WEBSITE   Share This Email Share This Email   DONATE     Copyright © Zionist Organization of America 2025, All rights reserved. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave 31 B | New York, NY 10017 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice