This Tuesday, Abdul Al-Sayed, a forty-one year old doctor and Rhodes Scholar, energized the anti-war left to defeat Haley Stevens, who had received over $30 million dollar from AIPAC and $60 million overall. The two competed to be the Democratic nominee to replace Gary Peters (D) as a Senator from Michigan, always a crucial swing state. It was a close race, with Abdul Al-Sayed eking out a one-percentage victory in an election with 1.5 million ballots counted. Gretchen Whitmer and Chuck Schumer had supported Stevens in the primary, and now have endorsed Al-Sayed for the general election.
Israel and Zionism are now toxic issues in the United States. Sixty-percent of Americans view Israel unfavorably, and Israel is quickly losing support among evangelical Christians and young Jews. In a sign of the times, Jon Stewart told John Fetterman, who seems to care only about one issue, that anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism should not be conflated, and that it is proper and right for everyone to call out Israel’s genocide.
AIPAC is quick to dispel the notion that Al-Sayed’s victory is a harbinger, and that they are on the wane. AIPAC is Israel First, and they point out thirty AIPAC-candidates have advanced to the November mid-terms. They highlight the fact that former Missouri congresswoman Cori Bush, a fierce and effective critic of Israel, was defeated in her Democratic primary.
On the right, Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent have announced a new America First movement in response to Trump’s betrayal. Cenk Uygur is excited about their platform, and believes that anti-Zionism could be a unifying issue for the left and right, ending decades of political polarization.
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