So you don't consider Israel to be an American ally?

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Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed discusses his perspective on U.S.-Israel relations during an interview with ABC News. The video concludes by directing viewers to watch the full segment on Disney+ and Hulu.

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1Interviewer asks about U.S.-Israel relations
2El-Sayed explains his stance using an analogy about friendship
3El-Sayed concludes that Israel is not an ally
4ABC News provides streaming details for the full interview

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Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed shared his views on U.S.-Israel relations, saying he does not consider Israel an American ally: “I think it’s time for us to realize that Israel is not actually our friend.” Watch the full conversation tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC News Live Prime’s “All Access with Linsey Davis” streaming on @disneyplus and @hulu.

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Watch the full conversation tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC News Live Prime’s “All Access with Linsey Davis” streaming on @disneyplus and @hulu.

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ABDUL EL-SAYED WEIGHS IN ON U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS ABDUL EL-SAYED MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC SENATE NOMINEE

Transcript

So you don't consider Israel to be an American ally? An ally that takes your money to push you into wars you shouldn't be fighting is not an ally. It's like, I mean, do you have kids? I do. And if you have a kid that has a friend who keeps bumming off their money and then talks about them behind their back and then gets them into fights with other friends, what would you tell your kid to do with that friend? You'd probably tell them maybe it's not actually a friend. I think it's time for us to realize that like Israel is not actually our friend.