Hamideh, based in Cleveland, has for years been involved in anti-Israel activity, praising terrorist groups like the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, and repeatedly likening Zionists to Nazis.On Jan. 12, he posted on Twitter a photo in which he is standing next to Tlaib, holding a painting of the congresswoman, a freshman who is a Palestinian American, wearing traditional Palestinian dress in front of the Capitol.“I was honored to be at Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib swearing-in ceremony in #Detroit and private dinner afterward with the entire family, friends and activists across the country,” he said in the tweet.A number of conservative outlets reported on the tweet, but the closest Tlaib has come to addressing it is in a dismissive tweet. “Right-wing media targeting me again rather than focusing on the President’s reckless government shutdown,” said Tlaib, who is one of two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who have endorsed the boycott Israel movement. “Yes, I am Muslim and Palestinian. Get over it.”Hamideh was unrepentant Thursday on Twitter. “I know what I said that’s why I wrote them on here but thanks for making them go viral,” he said to the ADL and other critics of his tweets.Rashida Tlaib is a freshman Democratic congressman from Michigan who earned widespread rebuke earlier this month for her tweet accusing Israel advocates in Congress of dual loyalties. Abbas Hamideh is the Ohio-born director of Al Awda - the Palestine Right of Return MovementNo matter your political persuasion, all leaders -- and Americans -- need to unequivocally speak out against anti-Semitism and hate. That especially goes for members of Congress. 1/3
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) January 17, 2019
ADL asks congresswoman to explain photo with figure who praised Hezbollah
ADL calls for newly elected congresswoman to denounce anti-Semitism.
