Pro-Palestinian candidate on Fox News: "Are you circumcised? Circumcision is also a surgery"

The Democratic and pro-Palestinian candidate for the Senate in Michigan, Abdul Al-Sayed, confronted Fox News host Jesse Watters during an interview that lasted about half an hour and included heated exchanges on topics such as gender-affirming treatments for children, gas prices, the war with Iran, and freedom of religion.

The confrontation intensified when Watters asked Al-Sayed, a physician by profession, about his position regarding gender-affirming treatments for children. Al-Sayed argued that medical decisions on the subject should be made between the child, their parents, and the attending physician, and not by the federal government. Watters pressed him and asked if he thought it was appropriate for a parent to perform a surgical procedure on their child's genitals.

In response, Al-Sayed asked the host: "Are you circumcised?" Watters replied that it was a personal question and claimed that "circumcision is different from castration." Al-Sayed replied:

"Circumcision is also a surgery on a child," he said, accusing Watters and others of having a selective approach to the issue.

The two also argued about gas prices, with Al-Sayed claiming that Watters did not seem concerned about the rise in prices following the war with Iran. He also attacked Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, saying he looked like the "sixth host" of the Fox News program "The Five," referring to his position on increasing the US defense budget to 1.5 trillion dollars.

"What, so we can fight a war we don't know how to get out of, and raise gas prices to five dollars a gallon? That doesn't make sense to me," Al-Sayed said.

Later, the two argued about the federal budget, amounting to 7 trillion dollars, and the war with Iran. Al-Sayed mentioned President Donald Trump's words in February, according to which the war was expected to end shortly after it began.

"Oops, we go to war and they tell us it will be a special military operation. That was in February. We are almost in September and still fighting the special military operation. That is not working for us," he said.

Watters replied: "We are not really fighting it, it is a blockade."

Another topic that came up in the interview was Al-Sayed's previous statements regarding Sharia law. Al-Sayed, who is Muslim, has previously addressed those who call for banning Sharia law and argued that these are the same forces that have acted throughout history against minority groups in the US.

During the interview, Al-Sayed asked Watters if he was familiar with the term "canon law," which refers to Christian religious law. Watters answered in the affirmative.

Al-Sayed said that he does not oppose Watters' right to practice his faith as he chooses, and asked why the very possibility that he would practice his own faith is a problem. According to him, no one is trying to impose Sharia law on others, just as he hopes no one is trying to impose canon law on others.

Al-Sayed further claimed that attempts by legislators to act against Sharia seem to him a deliberate attempt to harm the Muslim community. Watters argued in return that Sharia laws in Michigan are "pretty scary" and that voters in the state would not support them.

Al-Sayed replied that no one is trying to impose Sharia, and added that Michigan residents are mainly concerned about the question of how they will be able to afford to pay gas prices.