“Harris” and supporting the Zionist regime from another perspective

Mehr News, International Group: Kamala Harris, vice president of the United States, Joe Biden, is one of the main executive elites of the American government, whose positions are on the issue of the Palestinian-Zionist conflict, especially after Operation Storm. Al-Aqsa and the subsequent attacks of the Zionist regime on the Gaza Strip are interesting. These positions, in addition to the statements of some experts, have caused some experts to raise the possibility of a change in American policies towards the Zionist regime.

Kamala Harris; Democrat who supports the Zionist regime

Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California to an Indian mother and a Jamaican father. He studied at Harvard University and the University of California College of Law. He was the District Attorney of San Francisco in 2004-2011 and was elected as the Attorney General of California in 2011-2017. As a member of the Democratic Party, Harris is considered the first female and colored vice president of the United States. In January 2019, he announced his election campaign to represent the Democratic Party in the 2020 US presidential election, but in December 2019, while ending this campaign, he was nominated by Joe Biden as the first vice president.

In her 2017 speech at the AIPAC lobby, Kamala Harris introduced herself as one of the pioneers of supporting the Zionist regime and its policies. Kord and stated: “The first resolution I supported as a United States Senator was to combat anti-Israel bias in the United Nations.” In 2016, he was critical of Obama’s support for the Security Council resolution that banned settlements in the West Bank. condemned Kamala Harris met with Netanyahu in 2017 and a few days before the Democratic senators sent a letter requesting to stop the destruction of a Palestinian village in the West Bank.

Is the Harris presidency, American politics Does it change the attitude towards the Zionist regime?

After the resignation of Biden and the selection of Harris as the main candidate of the Democrats in the 2024 election campaign of the United States, this idea It is said in American political circles that Harris’s foreign policy in dealing with the Zionist regime will be different from Biden’s. Some believe that if Harris wins over Trump in the upcoming elections, he will use Biden’s policies on issues such as supporting Ukraine against Russia, supporting Taiwan against China and trying to create an international coalition against Russia and China as It maintains the Eurasian powers. But the point of difference between Harris and Biden is about the Zionist regime. From this point of view, despite the public support of Biden’s policies, Harris will probably change the US government’s policy towards the Zionist regime, considering the opinions he has given in the current Gaza war. Those who have such a belief have put forward several factors to confirm the possibility of change in American policies:

Harris’ position on the Gaza war

One ​​of the reasons for changing Washington’s position towards Tel Aviv is Harris’ position after October 7th. In a report on July 23, 2024, Al-Monitor considered Harris’ position on the Gaza war to be indicative of a possible change in American policy after Biden. The reasons for this are Harris’s absence in the session of the speech of the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, the statements of some experts and Harris’s own statements in some meetings.

Suffan Center researcher Clark believes that the issue (regime) of Israel and Gaza is the biggest difference between Biden and Harris. David Makowski, a member of the Washington think tank, also believes that unlike other members of Biden’s foreign and defense policy team, such as Foreign Secretary Anthony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Biden himself, Harris has not traveled to the occupied territories since October 7.

Harris said in December 2023 that (the) Israeli (regime) should do more to protect civilian lives [in Gaza]. While paying attention to the position of the Biden administration that Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas after the October 7 attack, he expressed concern about the widespread suffering of the Palestinians and warned that international humanitarian laws must be respected. In his November 2023 meeting with Israel President Herzog, Harris mentioned the issue of settlements in the West Bank and extremist settlers. He also stated at the Munich Security Conference in February 2024, “In my opinion, there cannot be peace and security for that region for the people of Israel or the Palestinians and the people of Gaza without a two-state solution.”

Little possibility of change in American policies

Harris and AIPAC’s close relationship

In her 2017 speech at the AIPAC lobby, Kamala Harris said about her support for the Zionist regime: “I stand by Israel because of common values. I believe that the ties between the United States and Israel are unbreakable and that we can never allow anyone to drive distance between us. “Our bonds are rooted in our shared history and strengthened by the bonds between our peoples.” He also mentioned a statement by Shimon Peres that “for the existence (regime) of Israel, we need the friendship of the United States of America.”

The relationship between Harris and AIPAC has been closely followed since 2017. He even favored some major Democratic candidates in the primaries in 2019. to distance themselves from this Zionist lobby, he met with AIPAC leaders. He is also supported by another big pro-Zionist lobbying group called (DMFI) was supported During his senatorial term, Harris provided extensive support to the Zionist lobbies in the Senate. This fact shows that Harris, like other American officials in the government structure, is a full-fledged actor in the interests of the occupiers.

A two-state solution without the interests of the Palestinians

Harris has announced in his various speeches before and after assuming the post of Vice President of the United States that “The only suitable solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (regime) is a two-state solution so that Palestinians and Israelis can live together in peace and security.” He also supported the usual practice of American foreign policy and declared that “the two-state solution should be finalized by the parties themselves”.

Supporting the continuation of sending weapons to the Zionist regime

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in an interview with CNN on August 27, in response to the question “Do you want a different approach to the war between Israel and Hamas than Biden?” Did he have it? While emphasizing the need to reach an agreement with the Palestinians, he announced that my commitment to Israel and supporting its ability to defend itself is clear and unchangeable, and the policy of sending weapons will continue.

Result

After the introduction of Kamala Harris as the candidate of the Democratic Party for the presidential elections of the United States, some experts in the United States, according to her statements, the issue of change in American policies against Israel. It seems that supporting the Zionist regime as Washington’s key ally is more strategic than being disrupted by a change of president. The continuation of sending weapons to the occupied territories, while the leaders of the occupying regime are against the two-state strategy after the Al-Aqsa storm operation, poses a problem to Harris’ equation of attack and defense.

Sajad Moradi Kalardeh; Researcher of international relations