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Harris May Not Be the Savior on Gaza Some Dems Want
(Politico) Nahal Toosi - Vice President Kamala Harris isn't a fan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but she is a strong supporter of Israel. She's been out front in expressing concern about the plight of Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire in Gaza, but she also believes that Hamas must be defeated and that Israel has the right to defend itself. In most ways, her policy toward the Israelis and Palestinians isn't necessarily going to differ that much from Biden's. After talks with current and former U.S. officials and analysts who closely watch the Mideast, every time I tried to suggest that Harris might have a more pro-Palestinian point of view than Biden, I was cautioned not to make her thinking seem too binary. Some insisted that she's simply been quicker to emphasize elements such as the humanitarian crisis. "She and President Biden are in lockstep when it comes to Israel. There is no daylight between them to be found," said Halie Soifer, who was Harris's national security adviser when she was a senator. The writer is Politico's senior foreign affairs correspondent.