Dearborn, Michigan Mayor Abdullah Hammoud has been appointed to the State Department’s Assembly of Local Leaders program, according to a report from The Washington Free Beacon.
The program will “engage with mayors, governors, and other municipal leaders on key issues that affect their communities,” a statement from the State Department reads.
Hammoud is known to have anti-Israel positions, writing in a 2021 Facebook post, “[F]rom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
He also called Hamas’ attack on Israel “inevitable” due to Israel’s”decades of illegal military occupation and imprisonment of Gaza.”
When a hospital was decimated in Gaza, Hammoud was quick to blame Israeli military forces, although it was determined the rocket was Palestinian.
Other leaders taking part in the Assembly of Local Leaders include:
- Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, California
- Ravinder Bhalla, Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
- Justin Bibb, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- Jerry Dyer, Mayor of Fresno, California
- Kate Gallego, Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona
- Bruce Harrell, Mayor of Seattle, Washington
- David Holt, Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Tim Kelly, Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Quinton Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
- Mary Jo McGuire, Commissioner of Ramsey County, Minnesota
- Dillon Meek, Mayor of Waco, Texas
- Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey
- Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
- Mattie Parker, Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas
- Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York
- Satya Rhodes-Conway, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
- Regina Romero, Mayor of Tucson, Arizona
- Katie Rosenberg, Mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin
- Hillary Schieve, Mayor of Reno, Nevada
- Caroline Simmons, Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut
- Levar Stoney, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
