Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein urged President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration committee to cancel a planned benediction by Shiite Imam Husham al-Husainy for his “alarming” history in connection with statements made about Hezbollah and Jews.

“It would send a terrible message and place a black mark on President Trump’s new term to give an antisemite and Hezbollah apologist a prominent platform at the Trump inauguration,” Klein said in a statement Thursday.

“Americans — including unprecedented numbers of American Jews — voted for President Trump in the belief that he will once again make antisemitism unacceptable in America — and have long awaited Donald Trump’s return to the presidency on January 20th. Don’t mar that day.”

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