Lobbyists Spent $70m to Defeat a Pro-Palestine Candidate. He Still Won

A progressive Democrat and fierce opponent of the genocide in Gaza has won a key primary race in the US, even after corporate and pro-Israel lobbying groups spent a record-breaking $70m (£52m) in a bid to defeat him. Abdul El-Sayed, who in April described the Israeli government as “pretty damn evil”, beat establishment favourite Haley…