$1 million donated to the campaign of El-Sayed, a supporter of Palestine senator candidate in the USA

El-Sayed, who stands out with his support for the Palestinian people, will be the first Muslim senator elected to the US Senate if he wins.

In her statement to The Hill newspaper, Ocasio-Cortez stated that she donated $1 million to the campaign of El-Sayed, who is running for the US Senate seat in Michigan.

Ocasio-Cortez stated that she made this donation because she did not want to regret not supporting El-Sayed more in case he lost the election, and stated that she made the donation not from her personal fortune but from the campaign fund, which was formed with the contributions of more than 2 million donors.

The Egyptian-origin Muslim candidate, whose full name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed and who uses the shortened name Abdul El-Sayed, won the race as the Democratic Party's candidate, leaving his rival, US House of Representatives member Haley Stevens, behind in the primaries held in Michigan on August 5.

El-Sayed, the child of an Egyptian immigrant family and a medical doctor, will compete with former House of Representatives member Mike Rogers, who won the Republican Party's nomination, in the midterm elections to be held in the country in November.

Describing Israel's attacks on the Palestinian people as genocide, El-Sayed argues that the resources provided to Israel should be directed to health, housing and infrastructure investments in the USA.