After winning Michigan Senate primary, El-Sayed stresses commitment to safety of Jews

By Jacob Magid

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5 August 2026, 6:12 pm

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

In his first public remarks after being widely declared as the winner of the Democratic primary in Michigan, progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed takes a moment to address Jewish constituents directly.

El-Sayed expresses gratitude for having been given, during the campaign, “The opportunity to break bread with you at Seder, to worship with you at shul, to be embraced by you.”

“Listening to sisters and brothers who said, ‘I want to join this movement because AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) doesn’t speak for me, because I understand that self-determination for one people does not require the quenching of self-determination for another people. That unless all of us are free, none of us are free. I want to tell you the great gift that you’ve given me,” he adds.

“To all of my sisters and brothers of the Jewish faith… I want you to know that… my commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters.”