Abdul El-Sayed backs Trump’s call to cut Israel aid, says he is willing to work with president

Abdul El-Sayed, the first Muslim American elected to the US Senate, voiced support Thursday for President Donald Trump’s remarks about cutting aid to Israel, saying Washington should stop financing a military accused of committing atrocities with American weapons, Anadolu reports. El-Sayed told MS NOW that he agreed with Trump’s position and was willing to work with the president to end US military assistance to Israel. “I agree with him on that. I don’t think we should be continuing to subsidize a foreign military that had done the worst things with our money. I agree. I would love to work with him on doing that,” he said. El-Sayed, who was elected on Tuesday, stressed the need to distinguish Judaism and Jewish […]