Florida Family Association sent out an email alerts on October 1st and October 3rd, 2024 titled: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel plans to host Hamas supporting and terror-linked CAIR banquet whose special guest speaker promotes Jew hatred. 

Thousands of people sent emails to Hilton officials that stated in part:  “Please do not allow CAIR to use your hotel facilities to promote hatred against Jewish Americans.   CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations, is a rabid supporter of Hamas, has extensive links to terrorism and routinely promotes hatred against the Jewish people.  CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad publicly showed his support for the Hamas October 7, 2023 attack on Israel when he spoke at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) convention in Chicago on November 24, 2023.  Additionally, Awad publicly declared "I am in support of the Hamas movement," during a March 1994 symposium at Barry University.   Dr. Fidaa Wishah, the special guest speaker for the banquet, was fired by Phoenix Children's Hospital because of her anti-Semitic post on Facebook.  Wishah is a vicious anti-Semite that promotes hate against the Jewish people.  CAIR Arizona is honoring Dr. Fidaa Wishah as the banquet’s special guest speaker because of her public and prolific Jew hatred.  I urge Hilton officials not to allow CAIR to use its facilities to advance hatred against Jewish Americans."

As you can see from this CAIR Arizona web page their special guest speaker information for the November 30th banquet has been removed. 

Additionally, as you can see from this EventBright website, the ticket seller for CAIR Arizona’s banquet, that the event has been rescheduled for December 15th at a “Location: To Be Announced.” 

The CAIR Arizona website still reports the banquet date as November 30, 2024 but when you click the EventBright link to buy tickets the date is December 15, 2024.  CAIR Arizona is obviously trying to hide the new date and location for its banquet. 

Florida Family Association first learned on October 20th that CAIR Arizona changed the date of the banquet to December 15, 2024 with “Location: To Be Announced.”  Florida Family Association was waiting to receive confirmation before reporting the news.  We called the hotel which first stated CAIR Arizona did not have a banquet scheduled at their facility for November 30th or December 15th.  That was as close of a confirmation as we will likely get.  We asked for verification which the hotel did not follow through with.

Thanks to everyone who sent emails to Hilton officials.  Your emails made a difference in stopping the spread of hatred towards Jewish Americans at this DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and influenced a major hotel to take a stand against anti-Semitism.