Rep. Ro Khanna says Harris has expressed openness to new Israel policy
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told NBC News on Sunday that he is glad Vice President Kamala Harris is ‘open to a new direction’ on Israel.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., claimed on Sunday that Vice President Kamala Harris' team has expressed interest in a "new direction" regarding the current U.S.-Israel policy.
During an appearance on "Meet the Press," Khanna said he has pushed Harris to enforce U.S. laws that stipulate America cannot offer unconditional aid to foreign allies.
"What she has – her team has expressed openness is to a new direction and look, anyone looking at this policy, you have hostages who still aren't released. You have a war that has lasted almost 11 months. You have over 40,000 people in Gaza dying. We need a new direction of policy to bring the war to an end," the California lawmaker said.
The Harris campaign did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment on Labor Day.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) speaks at a Student Loan Forgiveness rally on Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th street near the White House on April 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A Washington Post report published on Saturday suggested that Harris would likely conduct a full analysis of the current Israel policy.
The report, citing people familiar with Harris' thinking, said the vice president could be open to imposing new conditions on some aid to Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Biden administration to renew its plan to deliver weapons to Israel in June.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $404 million in new aid to Palestinians during a press conference in Jordan one week earlier. It brings the total amount of humanitarian aid sent by the U.S. into Gaza to more than $674 million since the conflict with Israel began, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Enmarket Arena August 29, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. Harris has campaigned in southeast Georgia for the past two days. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
President Biden and Harris plan to meet in the White House Situation Room on Monday along with the U.S. hostage deal negotiating team after the murder of six hostages, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, by Hamas on Saturday.
The White House said the focus of the meeting is to discuss efforts to drive toward a deal that secures the release of the remaining hostages. The meeting is also closed to the press.
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War has been raging in the Middle East since Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a series of attacks on Israel that killed over 1,100 people, sparking Israel to declare war soon afterward. An estimated 257 Israeli hostages were trapped in Gaza when the war first began, and 101 hostages are still in Gaza. Of the 101 remaining hostages, 66 are believed to be alive, four of whom are American citizens.
Fox News' Greg Wehner and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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