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Our guest is Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate for Senate in Michigan, whose Democratic primary has become the most hotly contested in the nation. El-Sayed has been attacked for saying that both Israel and Hamas have acted in evil ways, for campaigning with Hasan Piker and for calling Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal. He recently declared that “AIPAC and Israel are not the same as Judaism and the Jewish people” and that “The most dangerous thing they’ve tried to do is extend the definition of antisemitism to include a foreign government.”

(If El-Sayed’s opponents want to do an interview as well, they’re welcome to be in touch).

This conversation was co-sponsored by Jewish Currents.

Topics include…

Polarization may not be as bad as we think

Sanctions against Israel

Money in politics and fundraising ethically

El-Sayed’s relationship with Jews and Judaism

Problematic allies like Tucker Carlson

Using the term “genocide”

Running in America as a Muslim

How to deal with the Supreme Court