The US Council of Muslim Organizations met with leading officials from the State Department to discuss the situation in Gaza and the efforts of the U.S. Government to secure a cease-fire and defuse the crisis. The meeting was informative for all participating parties.
The USCMO delegations consisted of the Secretary General Oussama Jammal; Nihad Awad of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR); Naeem Baig of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA); Osama Abu Irshad of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP); Imam Talib Shareef of The Mosque Cares-Ministry of Imam W. D. Mohammed; and Abed Ayoub of United Muslim Relief (UMR).