...the nominee is alienating a minority but important group within the party which cares deeply about an issue, at the risk of losing their votes in the general, so it would actually benefit the nominee to give them what they're demanding rather than refuse to agree/meet/change their position.

First, a word from "We The People"

Feb 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis. The five-percentage-point difference is not statistically significant, but it contrasts with a clear lead for the Israelis only a year ago (46% vs. 33%) and larger leads over the prior 24 years.

Americans’ shifting sympathies in the Middle East situation this year are mostly driven by changes among political independents. By 41% to 30%, independents say they sympathize more with the Palestinians than the Israelis, whereas in all prior years, they were more sympathetic toward the Israelis, including by 42% to 34% last year.

news.gallup.com - Israelis no longer ahead americans middle east sympathies

April 2026
60% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Israel, up from 53% last year.

59% have little or no confidence in Netanyahu to do the right thing regarding world affairs – up from 52% last year.

In both political parties, majorities of adults under the age of 50 now rate Israel and Netanyahu negatively.

pewresearch.org - Negative views of israel netanyahu continue to rise among americans especially young people

So a position of full throated support for Israel, no matter what the Israeli government does, is not a winning position, among "We The People".

No more so than the "Uncommitted" folks wanted Trump to win the election.

The "uncomitted" vote was a protest against Biden's full throated support for Israel, no matter what the Israeli government did. I came across a list of Senators who had pocketed the most money from the Israel lobby, over the years. #1 was Joe Biden. #2 was Bob Menendez, who went to prison for taking bribes from Egypt. #3 was Hillary Clinton. And #4 was Harris. Without taking a survey in Dearborn, I would suspect the thinking was that Biden, Harris, and Trump, were all equally bad for the Pals.

The people barking about El-Sayed are not "We The People". They are professional politicians. The data shows that, by a sizeable majority, US pols, on both sides of the aisle, are well paid by Israel.

Here is more whining from the pro-Israel faction.

No daylight between Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed spent this week trying to create the appearance of daylight between himself and poisonous internet personality Hasan Piker. There is no reason for Michigan voters to take his statements, which don’t even directly criticize Piker, as anything more than a desperate general election gambit.

msn.com - No daylight between abdul el sayed and hasan piker

Hasan Piker points the finger at AIPAC as Democrats speak out against him

Hasan Piker's recent remarks about American Jews' support for Israel have drawn the ire of several Democratic lawmakers who have spoken out against him. The Twitch streamer has since blamed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) for the backlash and welcomed the criticism with open arms.

msn.com - Hasan piker points the finger at aipac as democrats speak out against him

I had not even heard of Piker, until maybe four months ago. To hear corporate Dems talk, you would think he is evil incarnate.

Steve