Michigan senator El-Sayed calls for halt to US arms sales to Israel

Michigan Senator Abdul El-Sayed said he supports Trump's plan to end approximately $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel and called for arms sales to Israel to be halted as well.

The Turkiye Times Editorial DeskNovember 07, 2026, 11:03 AMUpdated: November 07, 2026, 11:28 AM

Michigan senator El-Sayed calls for halt to US arms sales to Israel

Michigan Senator Abdul El-Sayed, the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, said he supports President Donald Trump's plan to end approximately $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel. In an interview with NPR, El-Sayed said, "I think the president is actually right on this policy" and called for an end to sales of weapons "used to do the worst things," including genocide and apartheid, against Israel.

Speaking on the Morning Joe program on MS NOW on Thursday, El-Sayed said, "I don't think we should continue to subsidize a foreign military that has done the worst things with our money." He also called for a review of US military support to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Pakistan, and urged that tax revenues be spent domestically.

Trump said Tuesday that he and Netanyahu had agreed months earlier to end the aid in December, adding that Netanyahu himself had put forward the proposal. According to Trump, Israel would still be able to purchase US weapons. The current agreement provides Israel with $3.8 billion annually through fiscal year 2028.

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Before the election, El-Sayed had also said on CBS's 60 Minutes, "I believe in equal peace, dignity and self-determination for Palestinians and Israeli Jews." His opposition to military aid to Israel had been one of the central issues in his campaign against Republican rival Mike Rogers.

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