‘ISRAEL IS NOT ACTUALLY OUR FRIEND!’ El-Sayed Tells ABC News

In an interview with ABC News Monday, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed explained why he believes Israel is not an ally.

Asked if he considers Israel an ally, El-Sayed said, “An ally that takes your money to push you into wars you shouldn’t be fighting is not an ally. It’s, like, I mean, do you have kids?”

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“And if your kid has a friend who keeps bumming off their money and then talks about them behind their back, and then gets them into fights with other friends, what would you tell your kid to do with that friend?” the Democratic candidate continued. “You probably tell them maybe it’s not actually your friend. I think it’s time for us to realize that, like, Israel is not actually our friend.”

The Republican Jewish Coalition has called El-Sayed the “most antisemitic Senate candidate in America,” and long-time Jewish Democrats in Michigan have said they are prepared to cross the aisle to vote for his opponent, former Republican congressman Mike Rogers.

With the last U.S. Senate race in Michigan decided by 19,006 votes, and with 100,000 to 130,000 Jewish residents in Michigan, the Jewish vote could prove to be decisive. Jews have traditionally voted for the Democratic Party, seeing that as part of their identity, but many told Fox News in August that concern over El-Sayed’s anti-Israel positions and his ties to antisemites like Hasan Piker was strong enough to persuade them to cast their votes for the Republican.