The Alliance Gets an Invoice
Abdul El-Sayed wants Washington to stop treating “ally” as a blank check.
Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee told CBS’s 60 Minutes that U.S. policy promises Palestinians a state while arming people working to prevent one. He accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and called for a fundamental reassessment of the relationship. Israel denies the charge, and the International Court of Justice has not yet ruled on the merits of the genocide case.
His objection extends beyond Israel. He said American tax dollars should fund schools, roads and health care rather than weapons for Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Pakistan.
He framed his test for an alliance as a parable about a bear. If your companion insists on provoking the animal, El-Sayed argued, you should reconsider the friendship.
The metaphor leaves something out: Washington has its own decision-makers. President Trump took the United States to war with Iran, and whatever pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applied does not erase presidential responsibility.
El-Sayed also blamed political spending for insulating the alliance from scrutiny, citing AIPAC’s effort to defeat him in the Democratic primary. That spending is part of his case, but it does not show that every supporter of Israel has been bought.
The questions he puts before voters are legitimate. What does America receive, what does it finance and where should support end? Calling a country an ally does not settle them, and neither does calling it a bad friend.
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Abdul El-Sayed wants Washington to stop treating “ally” as a blank check.
Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee told CBS’s 60 Minutes that U.S. policy promises Palestinians a state while arming people working to prevent one. He accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and called for a fundamental reassessment of the relationship. Israel denies the charge, and the International Court of Justice has not yet ruled on the merits of the genocide case.
His objection extends beyond Israel. He said American tax dollars should fund schools, roads and health care rather than weapons for Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Pakistan.
He framed his test for an alliance as a parable about a bear. If your companion insists on provoking the animal, El-Sayed argued, you should reconsider the friendship.
The metaphor leaves something out: Washington has its own decision-makers. President Trump took the United States to war with Iran, and whatever pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applied does not erase presidential responsibility.
El-Sayed also blamed political spending for insulating the alliance from scrutiny, citing AIPAC’s effort to defeat him in the Democratic primary. That spending is part of his case, but it does not show that every supporter of Israel has been bought.
The questions he puts before voters are legitimate. What does America receive, what does it finance and where should support end? Calling a country an ally does not settle them, and neither does calling it a bad friend.
#Michigan #ElSayed #Israel #USForeignPolicy
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