A top aide to Vice President Harris said Thursday that the Democratic presidential nominee does not support an arms embargo on Israel, after the Uncommitted National Movement suggested she was open to discussing a total ban on weapons deliveries from the U.S.
Leaders of the Uncommitted National Movement, born out of opposition toward President Biden’s policy toward Israel, said Harris showed an openness to a meeting to discuss an arms embargo on Israel following a brief exchange with the group’s founders during her Wednesday campaign rally in Detroit.
However, Phil Gordon, Harris’s national security adviser, reiterated her opposition to an arms embargo in a Thursday post on the social platform X.
“@VP has been clear: she will always ensure Israel is able to defend itself against Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups. She does not support an arms embargo on Israel. She will continue to work to protect civilians in Gaza and to uphold international humanitarian law,” he wrote.
We were never gonna get an arms embargo. It would have been nice, but that wasn’t a thing that was realistically gonna happen. She’s still wants a ceasefire. Still thinks the things happening in Gaza are a “humanitarian crisis,” which isn’t saying genocide but is still more than biden really did. The uncommitted movement, even in prior articles on here, said they’re not expecting an arms embargo, just some sign that things will change. Like a ceasefire and some kinda peace deal. This is just her doing what everyone expected, including uncommitted organizers, supporting Israel but still pushing for change. Now, if the uncommitted organizers move the goal posts, that shows their not willing to compromise at all.
Yeah and Biden wants a ceasefire too. If only there was a way to achieve that oh wait they can stop giving israel 2000 pound bombs to burn children alive.
That’s actually a lie. according the NYT the uncommitted organizers who met with Harris before her rally in Michigan requested an arms embargo on Israel.
There’s a difference between requesting something and expecting it.
Here’s the article I’m basing my comment on. This was from a week and a half ago I think? Maybe roughly 2 weeks.
Quote I’m referencing: “Activists say they don’t expect a full-throated embrace of their platform — for the U.S. to stop selling arms to Israel — but say she must give them some indication that in a Harris presidency, U.S. foreign policy would shift.” They’re talking about how they don’t expect an arms embargo, but want change. This is talking to the leaders of the uncommitted movement.
What you’re saying is a shift from what they said back when the article was written. Which happens but is moving the goal posts. Course the article isn’t that good at them talking about what they actually DO want. Good to know they said that in their meeting with Harris, I’ll remember that for future.
SE Michigan: “Wow look at all this red that magically appeared out of nowhere”
Oh no she didn’t unilaterally and radically turn against 50 years of standing U.S. foreign policy, guess we gotta let the fascist win. /s
It’s weird to be ok with supporting genocide
Diplomacy is WAY harder than you’re making it out to be. She can’t just say “F Israel” and pull out unilaterally. You have no idea how complicated this all is
Supporting genocide is ok when it’s complicated? It’s so difficult not sending 2000lb bombs lmao
Centrists pretend anything they don’t want to do is too complicated.
Literally just stop sending bombs to israel and the Genocide ends. They had ran out of ammo months ago if Genocide Joe didn’t keep resupplying them.
This is like saying it would be complicated to not send arms to the Nazis if they were a “strategic partner against the Russians” in WW2
It’s weird to pretend that the other guy wouldn’t have an even worse policy.
The situation in Gaza is shitty, but making it a primary election issue without looking at the alternative is asinine.
“Look, sometimes you just gotta shut up and accept a genocide” is a pretty crappy election slogan.
This is an issue, not an election issue. You can oppose genocide and not be a MAGA idiot. It’s weird having to apologize for supporting an ethnic cleansing.
Not for centrists it isn’t.
We just need better alliances in the middle east already; standing willingly behind a genocidal regime was and will always be a terrible plan. Which country would simultaneously form an alliance as well as ensure the safety of Palestinian civilians?
What do you expect from AIPAC and Billionaires funded Democratic candidate ?
same old same old with Biden’s genocidal policies. Not that the majority of leftists in America care to push the democrats to stop arming Israel. as long as she is not a Republican that’s enough to earn their vote.
The hypocrisy of a country that joined WWII to free Europe from fascism and stop the genocide of the Jews. To end up funding them and becoming complicit of committing genocide on other people.
Oh, we’re not that country any more. We’re about 50,000 voters away from beginning fascism ourselves - at least that was about the margin in 2020.
Well it was a good 2 weeks before Kamala dropped the act.
Noooo you can’t be anti war until the war is over
