After losing a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives due to 2020 census data, the state of Michigan developed a new congressional-district map, which was released to the public on December 28, 2021. Within hours of the release, two incumbent U.S. House members from Michigan—Representative Andy Levin and Representative Haley Stevens—both announced that they would be running in the newly formed 11th congressional district. It will be the most Jewish district in the state. As Dmitriy Shapiro notes, the race will be of particular interest to pro-Israel groups:
For the national pro-Israel community, the race pits two distinct political positions on America’s relationship to the state of Israel, with Levin, who is Jewish, reflecting the far-left progressive stances of J Street; and Stevens, who is not Jewish, representing the traditional pro-Israel perspective that has long been a consensus among Democrats and Republicans in Congress. . . .
In Congress, Stevens has supported further sanctions on Hamas through the Hamas International Financing Prevention Act. She also co-sponsored a piece of legislation that seeks to extend and encourage the benefits of the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab nations. [Jeff Mendelsohn, executive director of Pro-Israel America,] said that when supplemental funding for the replenishment of defensive Iron Dome interceptor missiles was taken out of a spending package by Democratic leadership after members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus threatened to vote against it, Stevens was one of the members of the House to press leadership to support a standalone funding bill, which passed overwhelmingly. . . .
Meanwhile, Levin has stood up against accusations of anti-Semitism against progressive members in the House of Representatives—namely, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, an American with Palestinian ties who represents a neighboring district.
Read more on JNS: https://www.jns.org/clash-between-reps-andy-levin-haley-stevens-microcosm-of-democrat-split-on-israel/