“Kamala Harris supports endless wars in the Middle East,” reads a mailer sent to households in Michigan the day before Election Day, ostensibly imploring voters to support Green Party candidate Jill Stein instead. “I am reaching out to make sure that you know Kamala will always stand with Israel,” reads an apparent pro-Harris text sent […]
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During campaign stops ahead of Election Day, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris promised Michigan voters that they would work to end Israel’s conflicts — with Trump pledging “peace in the Middle East” and Harris promising to “do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza.” Some of Harris’ most outspoken pro-Palestinian critics, […]
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WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks before the presidential election, Kamala Harris called Donald Trump’s alleged longing for the type of general who deferred to Adolf Hitler “deeply troubling.” In brief remarks Wednesday, Harris opined on The Atlantic’s interviews with former Trump administration staffers, in which they said that he longed for “the kind of […]
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WASHINGTON — With just weeks to go before the election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have both tried to use Israel as a wedge issue: Trump has said the country will not exist in two years if he is defeated, and Harris’ campaign has called his rhetoric on Israel antisemitic. Trump and Harris do disagree […]
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The Kamala Harris campaign said the vice president did not agree with a protester who accused Israel of genocide when she said what he was talking about is “real.” Harris’ remarks at a Milwaukee campaign event on Saturday circulated widely in Israel and in right-wing media. In video posted by a New York Post reporter, […]
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BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania — The second time this month Benny Stanislawski made the three-hour trip from the Jewish precincts of suburban Washington to the Jewish precincts of suburban Philadelphia, he ditched his car and borrowed his mother’s minivan. He needed the space provided by the 2019 Honda Odyssey, plastered with stickers from the alma maters […]
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration warned that it could restrict weapons transfers to Israel if the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip does not increase. A letter sent Sunday by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin accused Israel of sharply reducing humanitarian assistance to Gaza Palestinians. The letter also […]
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WASHINGTON — In a pre-election High Holidays call with Jewish voters, Vice President Kamala Harris vowed never to allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, saying she would prefer diplomacy but considers “all options are on the table.” The call Friday afternoon, just hours before Yom Kippur commenced, was a bid to place herself to […]
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WASHINGTON — In separate statements marking the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris said they continue to support Israel’s war against the group and its allies. Harris, who in four weeks will face Donald Trump in a bid to replace Biden, pledged to eliminate the […]
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