Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has taken the unusual step of distancing himself, somewhat, from one of his strongest supporters — the influential anti-Israel livestreamer Hasan Piker — over the issue of antisemitism. El-Sayed was one of a number of high-profile Democrats to do so days after Piker made comments that some party […]
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In the weeks since progressive Israel critic Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, many Jewish and pro-Israel constituencies in the state and beyond are lining up — sometimes reluctantly — for his Republican opponent. But recent reports have cast doubt on how much support the GOP candidate, former U.S. Rep. […]
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SOUTHFIELD – The two figures standing on the suburban Detroit debate stage vying for the right to battle for Michigan on Capitol Hill were U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and former county health official Abdul El-Sayed. But the dominant topic Monday night wasn’t either of them: it was AIPAC. In Michigan’s closely watched Democratic Senate primary, […]
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Viewers of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary debate on Tuesday night could be forgiven for at times forgetting that one candidate comes with the heavy backing of pro-Israel donors. “The prime minister of Israel has failed,” Rep. Haley Stevens said when asked about Iran, saying that both Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump had […]
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A rabbi at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, has publicly chastised a candidate for U.S. Senate in her state who grew up near the temple, for what she said was an “offensive” response to the recent attack on her synagogue. Rabbi Jen Lader criticized Abdul El-Sayed, a physician and former county health executive, for […]
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