Vice President Kamala Harris was asked how she would broker a deal to end the war between Israel and Hamas, a stalemate President Joe Biden says he’s been unable break through amid numerous attempts to broker cease-fire deals in the war that has raged on close to a year.
Harris said she would continue to work on a two-state solution “around the clock.”
“In that solution there must be security for the Israeli people and Israel and in equal measure for the Palestinians,” Harris said. “But the one thing I will assure you always, I will always give Israel the ability to defend itself and in particular, as it relates to Iran and any threat that Iran and its proxies posed to Israel. But we must have a two-state solution where we can rebuild Gaza where the Palestinians have security, self-determination and the dignity they so rightly deserve.”
Harris and Trump met for their first and possibly only debate on Sept. 10, hosted by ABC in Philadelphia. Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee this summer after Biden gave a troubling debate performance in June, increasing calls for him to drop out of the race.
According to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll, more than two-thirds of Americans say they will watch all or most of the debate. While many voters have already made up their minds, 14 percent of Americans say the debate will have a great impact on which candidate they choose.
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