Murad Idris on Fri, 11/06/2026 - 20:51 By attacking his motives, the senator-elect's opponents turned a debate over US funding for Israel's genocide in Gaza into a trial of his character Abdul El-Sayed (left) won Michigan’s US Senate seat on 3 November, two days after Haley Stevens (centre), the Democrat he beat in…

(JTA) — DETROIT – The “Jews For Abdul” in the room at the Michigan Democratic Party’s election night watch party were beaming as vote tallies rolled in, pushing Abdul El-Sayed closer to his eventual victory in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race. “It’s actually hard to put into words what this night, and this moment, means…