‘Muslim leader’ who assaulted Jerusalem resident identified as former New Jersey mayor

‘The Electronic Intifada has collected evidence that identifies the individual who assaulted and battered a Jerusalem resident at al-Aqsa mosque on Monday evening as Mohammed Hameeduddin, the former mayor, and a current council member, of Teaneck, New Jersey.

As The Electronic Intifada previously reported, the incident occurred when a Jerusalem resident who uses the pseudonym Zalameh approached a delegation of US “Muslim leaders” and challenged them about their participation in a trip sponsored by the Shalom Hartman Institute.

The Jerusalem-based Shalom Hartman Institute receives millions of dollars from extreme anti-Muslim donors and is a major contractor to the Israeli military.’

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