No Change in Gaza Policy? Really?
Despite charges of genocide, mass starvation, thousands of dead children, and the near-entire destruction of Gaza, when Kamala Harris was asked if she would “do anything differently” on US policy toward Israel in its bloody war, she said no.
President Joe Biden embraces Vice President Kamala Harris as he speaks during a campaign rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 5 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images)
In her first major interview since accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination, Kamala Harris said on Friday that her Israel policy will be no different than Joe Biden’s.
After noting that Biden’s policy had failed to bring an end to Israel’s protracted assault on Gaza, CNN’s Dana Bash asked the vice president, “Would you do anything differently? For example, would you withhold some US weapons shipments to Israel?”
Harris responded that Israel has the right to defend itself, recounted the horrors of October 7, lamented that far too many innocent Palestinians had been killed since then, and stressed that “we have to get a deal done” that would end hostilities and bring the hostages home. Bash then repeated her question: “But no change in policy in terms of arms and so forth?”
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