Taking On Israel With Kneecap, Abdul El-Sayed, Wally Rashid & Ken McCarthy
The Katie Halper Show
Katie Halper
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
Katie talks to Palestinian-American journalist Wally Rashid and JFK researcher Ken McCarthy about Israel's nukes and a video sketch mocking JFK for trying to find out about them. But first, Katie talks to Abdul El-Sayed about why he's running for senate in Michigan and why he's not afraid to take on AIPAC. Then Katie plays an interview she did with Kneecap while on the Cuba Convoy.
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Abdul El-Sayed is an American physician, former public health professor, government official, and politician who served from 2023 to 2025 as the director of the Department of Health, Human, and Veterans Services for Wayne County, A progressive Democrat, he is running for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan. El-Sayed is a graduate of the University of Michigan and University of Oxford's Oriel College, attending them on a full-tuition scholarship and a Rhodes Scholarship, respectively. He earned his MD at Columbia University. In his athletic career, he earned a full blue as captain of Oxford's men's lacrosse team. El-Sayed was an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University from 2014 to 2015.
Wally Rashid is a Palestinian-American journalist and the host of The Wally Rashid Show.
Ken McCarthy is a JFK researcher and the author of "JFK and RFK's Secret Battle Against Zionist Extremism: The Documentary Evidence" and "John F. Kennedy Anti-Imperialist: His Character and Intentions Revealed in Five Speeches and One Telegram."
Kneecap are a hip hop trio from Belfast.
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| 0:50.6 | with the Irish hip-hop trio kneecap in Cuba. And then a fascinating discussion with |
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