Kamala Harris meets with leaders from Muslim and Arab American communities
FLINT, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris met with leaders from the Muslim and Arab American community ahead of her campaign rally here on Friday, a campaign official said.
FLINT, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris met with leaders from the Muslim and Arab American community ahead of her campaign rally here on Friday, a campaign official said.
During the meeting, Harris heard leaders' perspectives on the election, as well as the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, the official said.
The vice president "expressed her concern over the scale of suffering in Gaza" and "expressed concern about civilian casualties and displacement" in Lebanon, the official said.
"The vice president discussed her efforts to end the war in Gaza, such that: Israel is secure, hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, self-determination," the official said, echoing a sentiment that Harris has previously expressed when discussing the war.
The Israel-Hamas war is threatening to spill into a larger regional conflict as Israel launched strikes in Lebanon that killed the leader of Hezbollah, designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., and Iran fired missiles at Israel. The war has ignited criticism from some progressives in the U.S. over the Biden administration’s relationship with Israel.
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