ACTION ALERT: Tell the Marriott to Shut Down a Pro-Hamas Banquet in New Jersey

Action Alert

Date: September 13, 2024

Sarah Stern

Founder and President

Endowment for Middle East Truth

ACTION ALERT: Tell the Marriott to Shut Down a Pro-Hamas Banquet in New Jersey

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Hamas-linked hate group, is holding its New Jersey chapter’s 18th Annual Banquet at the Liberty Airport Marriott in Newark. The keynote speaker at this event, Sami Hamdi, said he “felt the euphoria” after Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres and urged his audience to “celebrate the victory.” Another speaker, Alaa El Saadawi, was convicted of trying to leave the U.S. with $659,000 after the “charity” he worked for was designated as a terrorist organization for supporting Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.

CAIR-New Jersey is among the nonprofit’s most extreme chapters. After the Oct. 7 atrocities, the New Jersey branch launched a smear campaign aimed at demonizing local officials who offered condolences to the victim’s of Hamas’s brutal attacks. Ali Aljarrah, CAIR-New Jersey’s vice chairman, wrote on Oct. 7 that the attacks were “justified” and argued that Hamas is not a terrorist organization.

CAIR’s office in Newark is responsible for vilifying and demeaning members of the state’s Jewish and Hindu American communities. It’s time to take a stand against bigotry and extremism.

Act Now

To participate, click on the “Act Now” button, which will take you to a campaign page at the new MEF Action Center. Sign up with your name and email address to send letters to Marriott executives and management. Once you hit the “Submit” button, you’ll receive instructions and a short script to help you call the Liberty Marriott and voice your opposition.

Calling the Liberty Marriott is crucial, and we urge you to take this additional step. You can even tell us about the hotel’s response by visiting the new “My Interactions” page on the MEF Action Center.

You can also leave a negative review about the Liberty Marriott. Let the hotel’s customers know that the Marriott laid out the welcome mat to a Hamas-linked group and an Al Qaeda financier. Just click, “Write a Review” and give the Liberty Marriot your one-star review:

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Please share this MEF Action Alert or the campaign link with your friends and associates:

https://middle-east-forum.quorum.us/campaign/69924/?login_code=2pVjaHDkDrISmnFKvLb5Ef2zspJZ2b9XzCvESvwhvrTctbBoBrgIYv7dmp8JiKA7pvHxCX6iPnKS14biDjLF5UdzJJ07A_oC1HSFh_6L6YUdFJBzgsme_KUd6JU%3D

We are grateful to all of our MEF Advocates, whose participation in this campaign could help make New Jersey the fourth state to cancel CAIR events since Oct. 7. We won’t stop until coast-to-coast, groups like CAIR are denied venues from which to spread their destructive views.

Stay tuned for updates on this campaign and other MEF Action Alerts.