El-Sayed, 40, was born and raised in the Detroit area to Egyptian immigrant parents who were both engineers, and is a former public health professor and former director of the Department of Health, Human, and Veterans Services for Wayne County, Michigan. I’m one of the few major Senate candidates who isn’t afraid to call what’s happening in Gaza a genocide — and because of that, l’m one of AIPAC’s top targets to defeat. The email marked Oct. 7, 2023 as the day that “[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s military launched a ground invasion of Gaza,” which El-Sayed described as “unconscionable,” “wrong,” and a “tragedy.” There was no mention of the Israelis, including many women, children, elderly, and other civilians who were raped, tortured, or murdered that day — the events that triggered Israel’s invasion.
Author: Sarah Rumpf
Published at: 2025-10-07 22:33:07
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