{"id":717611,"date":"2026-11-09T19:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/first-muslim-us-senator-elect-el-sayed-calls-for-review-of-aid-to-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T19:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:07:53","slug":"first-muslim-us-senator-elect-el-sayed-calls-for-review-of-aid-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/first-muslim-us-senator-elect-el-sayed-calls-for-review-of-aid-to-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"First Muslim US senator-elect El-Sayed calls for review of aid to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Abdul El-Sayed, the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, has called on Washington to reconsider its financial and military assistance to Pakistan and several other countries, arguing that American taxpayer money should not be used to support violations of international law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed, a Democrat who recently defeated Republican candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan, said the United States must ensure that its foreign assistance policies are consistent with international law.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with ABC, he stressed that the issue should not be limited to Israel, but should also include Pakistan, Egypt and Jordan.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201cWhen we are giving money to a country that is using our money to violate international law, that seems to me a good place to start,\u201d El-Sayed said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His remarks come after US President Donald Trump announced plans to end approximately $4 billion in annual military assistance to Israel by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed welcomed Trump\u2019s proposal to reduce military aid to Israel, saying he agreed with the president\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n<p>He also called for restrictions on US arms sales to Israel, alleging that some American-supplied weapons were being used in actions involving what he described as genocide and apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>The United States currently provides Israel with $3.8 billion in annual military assistance under an agreement that remains in effect until 2028.<\/p>\n<p>However, El-Sayed\u2019s criticism extends beyond Israel. He has also questioned US military assistance to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Pakistan, arguing that American taxpayer money should instead be directed towards domestic priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He also called for restrictions on US arms sales to Israel, alleging that some American-supplied weapons were being used in actions involving what he described as genocide and apartheid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":717604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[79989,25743,18394,20002,30561,18981,16128],"class_list":["post-717611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-2","tag-abdul-el-sayed","tag-egypt-fa","tag-featured-fa-2","tag-israel-2-fa","tag-jordan-fa","tag-pakistan-fa-2","tag-us-fa-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ariananews.af\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}