The vice president can't afford to repel supporters of Israel, a key Democratic constituency, as she works to win back some voters alienated by President Biden's policy on the war.
The vice president can't afford to repel supporters of Israel, a key Democratic constituency, as she works to win back some voters alienated by President Biden's policy on the war.iframe src="https://www.npr.
Israel’s response has killed 39,000 Palestinians, a significant proportion of them civilians, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. A potential deal to end the conflict will undoubtedly be a focus of Biden and Harris’ meetings with Israel’s leader.President Biden unveils and endorses details of a new Israeli cease-fire proposal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with staunchly pro-Israel Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., after delivering an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.As Biden’s vice president, Harris has remained in lockstep with the president on policy, including his steadfast commitment to the security of Israel.
Though the substance of what Harris has said is similar to Biden, when she speaks about the conflict, the vice president differs in tone, particularly in describing what she has called the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. “If you look at her public remarks about Gaza as vice president, unlike Biden, she really did manage to convey a much greater empathy and sympathy for the suffering of Palestinians,” said Aaron David Miller, a longtime Middle East expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.For some Democrats who voted 'uncommitted' during the presidential primaries as a way to protest Biden's policy, Harris' expressions of empathy has left them open to giving her a chance.
While some Democrats would like to see Harris chart a new policy path, experts say it’s highly unlikely that if she became president, Harris would break from decades of bipartisan consensus on Israel.
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