- As she accepted her party's presidential nomination on Thursday night, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke candidly and in-depth about the war in the Gaza Strip, a topic that has polarized Democrats and brought thousands of demonstrators to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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- She vowed to stand up for Israel and its right to self-defense and said she was working nonstop with President Joe Biden to broker a cease-fire in Gaza that would free Israeli and American prisoners that Hamas was currently holding.
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- "Because this is the ideal moment to complete a cease-fire and hostage agreement," she stated to a
- Though Harris has previously stated her support for Israel's right to self-defense, she has typically spoken out against Biden's softball remarks on the suffering of Palestinians, hundreds of whom have lost their lives in an Israeli military campaign that has left Gaza in a humanitarian crisis and lasted months. She has also placed greater blame directly on Israel for the high number of civilian deaths in Gaza as well as the sluggish delivery of humanitarian relief.
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- Her cautious remarks during her acceptance speech on Thursday—which emphasized Israel's right to self-defense while also addressing the malnutrition and other suffering in Gaza—draw attention to the tightrope she will have to walk in the last two months before Election Day.
- While trying to regain support among pro-Israel Democrats, she must also
- "Because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused," Harris declared if elected president. On October 7, Hamas militants launched a cross-border attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages, of whom about 70 are thought to be alive in captivity.
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- The parents an American held captive by Hamas, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, told their son's story the night before at the convention. "Bring them home!" cheers welcomed them. And behind them, as they conversed, pictures of the eight American hostages who are reportedly still detained in Gaza materialized.
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