U.S. Senate candidate from Michigan says Israeli government 'evil' like Hamas

'Killing tens of thousands of people makes you pretty damn evil,' El-Sayed told CNN congressional reporter Manu Raja on the network's Inside Politics program. 'It's not how evil is this one versus that one – Hamas: Evil, Israeli government: Evil. We can say both'

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'Killing tens of thousands of people makes you pretty damn evil,' El-Sayed told CNN congressional reporter Manu Raja on the network's Inside Politics program. 'It's not how evil is this one versus that one – Hamas: Evil, Israeli government: Evil. We can say both'

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Jacob Kornbluh, The Forward

04:21 AM • April 20 2026 IDT

Abdul El-Sayed, a U.S. Senate candidate from Michigan, said in an interview aired Sunday that the Israeli government is as "evil" as Hamas, sharpening his criticism of Israel in the closely-watched Democratic primary.

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