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(RNS) — There’s probably no other midterms race in which support for Israel and the direction of U.S. foreign policy has figured as prominently as the race for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate, has been described as the fiercest critic of the U.S.-Israel alliance as any candidate ever running for a Senate seat. His challenger, former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers, has trumpeted his support for Israel, in line with longstanding financial and military support the U.S. government has offered to what policy hawks often call America’s greatest Middle East ally.

On Sunday (Nov. 1), when Rep.…