Former Vice President Kamala Harris said we should all ask if Israel committed genocide in Gaza. She made the remarks after serving in the administration that funded and armed the Israeli military to slaughter civilians.
On MSNBC’s The Weekend, Harris was asked by Eugene Daniels, “A lot of folks in your party have called what’s happening in Gaza a genocide. Do you agree with that?” She said we should all ask the question, but refused to answer, saying it was for the courts to decide.
She said, “Listen, it is a term of law that a court will decide. But I will tell you that when you look at the number of children that have been killed, the number of innocent civilians that have been killed, the refusal to give aid and support, we should all step back and ask this question and be honest about it, yeah.”
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris to MSNBC when asked what she thinks about calling Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide:
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While Harris presented herself as unqualified to make a determination on genocide, she is a lawyer who served as a district attorney and Attorney General of California.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli onslaught. The likely death toll is significantly higher, as it does not count access deaths and Palestinians who were killed by Israelis but whose bodies were not recovered.
Data from the Israeli military shows that at least 83% of the dead are innocent civilians. Israel has prevented enough food from entering Gaza, creating a famine. Hundreds of Palestinians have starved to death.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza began while Harris was serving as Joe Biden’s Vice President. While Biden and Harris were criticized by their base over their support for Israel’s destruction of Gaza, the White House refused to pressure Tel Aviv to end the assault.
Biden was dubbed “genocide Joe,” and Kamala “Holocaust Harris.” While running for president in 2024, the two were often heckled by left-wing activists over their support of the Israeli genocide.
A poll released earlier this year found that Harris’ refusal to diverge from Biden’s Israel policy was the most common reason why Americans who voted for Biden in 2020 but did not vote for Harris in 2024.
