El-Sayed's narrow Michigan win splits Jewish Democrats over potential rapprochment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : " El-Sayed's unexpectedly narrow margin -- polls had shown him with a commanding lead in the days before the primary -- has allowed some of his critics to tout a silver lining, with Jewish leaders saying the close result proves that many Michigan voters do not embrace his anti-Israel politics.
40% : YPSILANTI, Michigan (JTA) -- When Spencer Lucker saw the notification that Michigan's Democratic Senate primary had been called for Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive who spent much of his campaign attacking AIPAC and Israel, it felt like a gut punch.
37% : "The lesson from Tuesday's results is twofold: There is clearly strong anti-establishment energy this cycle, but no one should count pro-Israel Democrats out," said Brian Romick, the president of the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC.
37% : While El-Sayed condemned the attack, his statement also discussed Israel's war in Lebanon, where the attacker's brother was killed.
32% : Dizik said El-Sayed disqualified himself from her vote with his response to the attack on Temple Israel.
20% : Throughout the race, El-Sayed drew criticism from many Jewish Democrats over his attacks on AIPAC spending, his relationship with the anti-Israel streamer Hasan Piker and his remarks following the attack on Temple Israel in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield in March.

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