Video contradicts Hamtramck mayor’s assertion to U.S. senators that he opposed boycott resolution

Video contradicts Hamtramck mayor’s assertion to U.S. senators that he opposed boycott resolution

Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib listens to members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations at his nomination hearing to be U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait on October 23, 2025. (Alison Miller/MNS)Hamtramck mayor Amer Ghalib, who has been nominated to be the U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in his confirmation hearing last month that he did not support boycotting Israel, including a resolution passed last year…

Mayor is facing questions about his statements to the Senate

Mayor Amer Ghalib     By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib may have made more than one misleading comment to U.S. Senators during his confirmation hearing to become ambassador to Kuwait. As The Review first reported last Friday (Oct. 31), when Ghalib was asked repeatedly by senators whether he supported the movement “Boycott, Divest, Sanctions” (BDS) to punish Israel for its military invasion of Gaza and treatment of Palestinians, he …