Harris is said to have been “more forceful in seeking long-term peace and a two-state solution.”
Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accused Vice President Kamala Harris of pressuring President Biden and other government officials to be more sympathetic to Palestinians.
His remarks follow Politico’s report on Thursday that Harris had recently pushed those in the Biden administration, including Biden himself, to be more sympathetic to Palestinians and concerned about the destruction in Gaza.
According to a source close to the vice president’s office, the US should start being “tougher” on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Cruz told Fox News, “Since day one, Biden administration officials have been pathologically obsessed with undermining Israel.” Unfortunately, and frustratingly, this fixation persists in the aftermath of Hamas’s horrors on October 7. The consequences for American and Israeli national security are disastrous.”
According to the source, Harris has been “more forceful in seeking long-term peace and a two-state solution.”
“There is no daylight between the president and the vice president, nor has there ever been,” Harris’ Press Secretary Kirsten Allen told the publication, adding that the vice president and Biden “have been clear: Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself; humanitarian supplies must be allowed into Gaza; innocent civilians must be safeguarded; and the US remains committed.
“I would caution the media about citing anonymous sources in the ‘orbit’ about sensitive national security conversations between the president and vice president that take place in the Oval Office,” Allen said in a statement.
According to the article, Biden stated during a fundraiser on Tuesday that Israel is losing global support.
“And, folks, look, if you think about it, one of the things that Bibi understands, I think, now — but I’m not sure Ben-Gvir and his War Cabinet do, who I’ve spoken to several times — is that Israel’s security can rest on the United States, but right now it has more than the United States,” President Joe Biden said. “It has the European Union, Europe, and the majority of the world behind it.” However, the indiscriminate bombing is beginning to erode their popularity.”
