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Controversy with Israel, Kamala Harris' stricter positions than Joe Biden

Kamala Harris is outspoken on several international issues, including the conflict in Gaza, Putin's actions and the importance of combating climate change.

22 July 2024Aggiornato il 26 luglio alle 10.20

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Clear positions on Gaza, on Ukraine and on the need to support Kiev, condemnation without ifs and buts of Putin, but also a firmer stance on Israel's role than President Joe Biden, right up to the latest controversy with Israeli diplomacy.

Israel and Gaza

"It is time for this war to end," said US Vice President Kamala Harris, in what she called a "frank and constructive" conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Using a harsher tone than President Joe Biden, Harris +stated that he had clearly expressed his "serious concerns" about the victims in Gaza, emphasising with Netanyahu how important it is how Israel defends itself. Harris also stressed the need to find a path to a two-state solution.

Immediate response. Vice-President Kamala Harris's statements about the "grave humanitarian crisis" in Gaza and the need to "end the war" damage the negotiations for the release of the hostages and are "both to be rejected". This was stated, quoted by the media, by an Israeli official who said that in the meeting PM Benyamin Netanyahu offered Harris a 'detailed and factual' account of the situation on the ground in Gaza that contradicted the Vice-President's claims 'about the food crisis, the suffering of civilians and the high number of innocents killed'.

These had been Kamala Harris' stance before Netanyahu's arrival in Washington: 'We have been very clear that too many innocent Palestinians have been killed: we have been very clear that Israel, the Israeli people, and the Palestinians are entitled to the same amount of security and dignity,' said the Vice-President, who has always been in favour of the two-state solution. Often critical of the Jewish state which, she claimed, is not doing enough to alleviate the 'humanitarian catastrophe'.

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Ukraine and Russia

"History is witness to this. If we stand by while an aggressor invades his neighbour with impunity, it will continue. In Putin's case, this means that the whole of Europe would be threatened. If we fail to impose serious consequences on Russia, other authoritarian leaders around the world will be emboldened,' said Harris, who has met several times with the Ukrainian leader Zelensky, rejecting any suggestion that the Americans stop aid to Kiev. "Ukraine needs our support and we must give it."

Very harsh words against Vladimir Putin after the death of Navalny: 'Terrible news, a further sign of Putin's brutality. Whatever story they tell, let it be clear: Russia is responsible'.

On the domestic front, pro-abortion and committed to countering gun tragedies in the United States, here are a few phrases that sum up Kamala Harris' political line.

Abortion

"Fundamentally, on this issue, it is about freedom. And every person of any gender should understand that if a freedom as fundamental as the right to make decisions about your own body can be lost, you have to be aware of what other freedoms might be at stake." In early 2024 Harris became the first vice-president or president to visit an abortion centre as part of a reproductive freedoms tour.

Immigration

At the top of his mandate's agenda, Harris repeatedly reminded us that 'we are a nation of immigrants: we know that in America, diversity is our strength. So rather than politicising this issue, let's all address it with the urgency and seriousness it demands'. Criticised for a strategy that does not seem to have borne the expected fruit, she has always maintained that immigration is a system 'in crisis for decades'.

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Weapons

"Every person in our nation has the right to live free from the horror of gun violence. Yet one in five Americans has a family member who has been killed by gun violence," which "is the leading cause of death for American children. It doesn't have to be that way, and it's a false choice to suggest that either you're pro-Second Amendment or you want to take guns away from everyone - I'm pro-Second Amendment and I'm pro-reasonable gun safety laws," said Harris, who has campaigned for stricter gun laws and supported a bipartisan package in 2022, believed to be the most significant legislation on the subject in three decades.

China

He supports 'de-risking' from Beijing, a policy that encourages reducing the extent to which Western economies depend on Beijing. "It's not about de-risking, it's about ensuring that we are protecting American interests and that we are leading in terms of rules, rather than following the rules of others," he told Cbs last year. On Taiwan in 2022, he reiterated that "we will continue to support self-defence" on the island, "in line with our long-standing policy". Meeting Xi, he urged him to "keep the lines of communication open to responsibly manage the competition between our countries".

Climate

"It is clear that the clock is not just ticking, it is also ticking. And that's why a year ago President Biden and I made the largest climate investment in American history, to dramatically expand solar and wind power production, to reduce energy costs for working families" and spark a jobs drive.