A Phoenix resident launched a petition urging the Sheraton Mesa at Wrigleyville to cancel next month’s annual Council on American-Islamic Relations banquet, featuring anti-Israel radical U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12).
As The Arizona Sun Times first reported, Tlaib is the featured speaker for the Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Conference (CAIR)’s signature event, slated for November 18.
“We are honored to have US Representative Rashida Tlaib as our keynote speaker for this year’s banquet!” the group notes on its webpage in promoting the banquet titled, “Muslim-American Legacies: Past, Present and Future.”
The bombastic member of “the Squad,” a group of far-left congressional extremists, has been accused by even some of her most ardent liberal peers of “fanning the flames” in the Israel-Hamas war.
“As a concerned citizen of Phoenix, AZ, I am deeply disturbed by the upcoming event scheduled at Sheraton Mesa at Wrigleyville West,” states a creator of the petition, identified as Y.J. “The hotel is set to host the 2023 Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Conference on November 18th, featuring Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) as a speaker. Ms. Tlaib’s history of antisemitic remarks and her response to attacks on our ally, Israel, are disgraceful and cannot go unchecked.”
The change.org petition seeks 1,500 signatures. As of late Wednesday afternoon, 1,507 people had signed on. A new goal has been established.
“This event is a clear indication of support of Hamas, a terrorist organization. Thousands of Jews have been slaughtered, murdered, raped, burned alive, babies decapitated and hundreds are being held as hostages! Jews living in America – including many of in Arizona are scared to leave the house, go to Jewish gatherings, or even send our children to school!” the petition states. “By hosting this event, Marriott Sheraton shows us that we do not have your support while Jews are being targeted just because they are Jewish.”
Tlaib has yet to delete a statement she made last week on her X account blaming Israel for bombing a hospital in Gaza despite overwhelming evidence the deadly explosion was the result of an errant rocket launched by the Islamic Jihad group and aimed at Israel.
Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that. @POTUS this is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a ceasefire & help de-escalate.
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) October 17, 2023
Your war and destruction only approach has opened my eyes and many… https://t.co/mZYoifT7bj
