US Vice President Kamala Harris Israel on Thursday called on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for an immediate peace deal, insisting it will not remain ‘silent’ on the ongoing suffering in the Palestinian territories.
It is being considered as a sign of a major change in the US’s Gaza policy.
President Joe Biden Until now, most of them followed the policy of putting pressure on Israel behind the scenes, but ignoring it, Kamala Harris, the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, said after meeting with Netanyahu that now ‘Disastrous’ war It’s time to finish.
Kamala Harris told reporters: ‘What has happened in Gaza over the last nine months is devastating. Images of dying children and desperate, starving people fleeing for shelter. Sometimes they become homeless for the second, third or fourth time.’
He added: ‘We cannot turn a blind eye to this suffering. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to this suffering and I will not remain silent.’
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Kamala Harris, 59, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee after Biden announced his withdrawal from the upcoming election, emphasized the dire situation in Gaza in a meeting with Netanyahu.
He said he expressed “grave concern to the Israeli prime minister about the extent of human suffering in Gaza, including the deaths of many innocent civilians.”
“I expressed my deep concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza,” he said.
According to the White House, President Biden also spoke with Netanyahu in the Oval Office and asked him to “finalize the cease-fire agreement and release of prisoners in Gaza” and “a lasting end to the war in Gaza” as soon as possible. demanded.
‘Time to make a deal’
Kamala Harris also called for the creation of a Palestinian state and, like Biden, called for both Netanyahu and Hamas to agree to a cease-fire and prisoner-release deal to end the conflict that would begin with a Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The conflict can be resolved.
He said: ‘I have just told Prime Minister Netanyahu that it is time to make a deal.’
Kamala Harris’ outspoken comments, which contrasted with the cordial meetings between Biden and Netanyahu, have been strained for months, with questions raised about the US president’s importance.
Kamala Harris has been more outspoken than Biden on Gaza in the past, and there was speculation that she might take a harder line on Israel. The officials had earlier denied that there were any ‘distances’ or differences between them and the President on the issue.
The meetings at the White House took place at a time when the Israeli Prime Minister vowed a ‘total victory’ against Hamas in an emotional speech before the US Congress a day earlier.
During the Israeli Prime Minister’s visit to America, there have been large-scale protests.
Although Joe Biden has maintained Israeli military aid since the October 7 Hamas attacks, his relationship with Netanyahu has been severely strained by suspicions during Israel’s war.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, at least 39,000 Palestinians have been killed, thousands injured, and millions displaced in Israel’s offensive against Hamas.
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