US Senator-elect Abdul al-Sayed defended Palestinian rights in his victory speech, condemning the use of US taxpayers' money to finance the killing of Palestinians by Israel. They are trying to call you a hater if you believe that Palestinian children should have the right to grow up in the land of their ancestors without being murdered by our tax dollars, he declared. Al-Sayed rejected accusations of hatred against Palestinian rights advocates, saying that the belief in equal rights to peace, dignity and self-determination "is not hatred. This is love."

US Senator-elect Abdul al-Sayed defended Palestinian rights in his victory speech, condemning the use of US taxpayers' money to finance the killing of Palestinians by Israel. They are trying to call you a hater if you believe that Palestinian children should have the right to grow up in the land of their ancestors without being murdered by our tax dollars, he declared. Al-Sayed rejected accusations of hatred against Palestinian rights advocates, saying that the belief in equal rights to peace, dignity and self-determination "is not hatred. This is love."