Kamala Harris criticizes Biden, Trump administrations for not acting ‘more forcefully’ against Israel

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During a speech in Seoul, South Korea, Kamala Harris criticized both the Biden and Trump administrations for not using U.S. influence more effectively to stop Israel's military actions in Gaza. She specifically mentioned failing to act sooner and more forcefully against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government during their respective tenures. Critics such as the Republican Jewish Coalition and Warren Kinsella, who worked on Harris’s campaign, have sharply condemned her remarks, accusing her of bias and inappropriate criticism.
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Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized both the Biden and Trump administrations during a speech at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, South Korea, on October 15, 2026. She stated that neither administration used enough leverage to curb Israel's military campaign in Gaza, describing it as "horrific conduct." Harris specifically mentioned offering Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a blank check under the current Biden administration and failing to act sooner and more forcefully during her own tenure.

The Republican Jewish Coalition responded by calling Harris’s remarks “unsurprising,” citing her absence from Netanyahu's 2024 address to Congress and her opposition to legislation targeting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. Additionally, they criticized Harris for advocating a halt to Israeli military operations in Rafah, where hostages were later found and rescued by the Israel Defense Forces.

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“Most recently, the failure to use our leverage to curtail the Israeli government’s horrific conduct in the war in Gaza, both under the current administration, which offers [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu a blank check, and our administration before, where we should have acted sooner and more forcefully,” Harris said while speaking at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, South Korea.
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Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the Biden and Trump administrations on Wednesday for failing to use U.S. leverage to curb Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, saying Washington should have acted “sooner and more forcefully.” asserted
Washington → criticize → Gaza
“Most recently, the failure to use our leverage to curtail the Israeli government’s horrific conduct in the war in Gaza, both under the current administration, which offers [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu a blank check, and our administration before, where we should have acted sooner and more forcefully,” Harris said while speaking at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, South Korea. asserted
Harris → use → Seoul
The Republican Jewish Coalition called Harris’s remarks “unsurprising,” citing her absence from Netanyahu’s 2024 address to Congress and her opposition to legislation targeting the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. asserted
Coalition → call → movement
The group also criticized Harris for calling for a halt to Israeli military operations in Rafah, where the Israel Defense Forces later found and rescued hostages, and for agreeing with a student in 2021 who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide.” asserted
who → criticize → genocide
Attorney and author Warren Kinsella, who worked on Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign, wrote that he is “ashamed to have worked with her,” following her remarks about Israel. asserted
he → work → Israel
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