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The related decision was made before Joe Biden announced that he is withdrawing from the presidential race.
The Vice President of the United States and the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, Kamala Harris, is unlikely to appear alongside Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli Prime Minister addresses Congress this week.
This move is confirmed by officials from Biden’s team at the White House.
Harris declined to attend Netanyahu’s speech later this week, as reported by Axios journalist Juliegrace Brufke.
And the decision was made before Joe Biden announced that he is withdrawing from the presidential race.
According to protocol, the Vice President sits at the head of Congress in a seat behind the podium, from where the visiting speaker delivers their speech.
However, in the case of the Israeli Prime Minister, this will not happen.
“This was likely not an accident,” a former senior government official told the Times of Israel.
The source suggested the theory that Biden may keep Harris away from the White House while Netanyahu is in the country to avoid images showing the Vice President connected with the Israeli Prime Minister – for communication reasons, of course.
Nonetheless, this signifies a significant shift in U.S. policy, indicating that the connection with Israel is producing negative connotations.
At the same time, Harris is facing criticism from Zionist organizations for comments she made in support of student mobilizations for Palestine in an interview with The Nation earlier this month.
The Zionist Organization of America accused Harris of supporting “Arab Islamic criminality,” among other racist statements.
However, a current U.S. official conveys that the policies of a future Harris administration regarding Palestine will not differ much from those of Biden.
“Vice President Harris shares the U.S.’s ironclad commitment to Israel’s security combined with a commitment to promoting a two-state solution in order to end this cycle of violence,” the official clarified, speaking anonymously to Axios.
This move is confirmed by officials from Biden’s team at the White House.
Harris declined to attend Netanyahu’s speech later this week, as reported by Axios journalist Juliegrace Brufke.
And the decision was made before Joe Biden announced that he is withdrawing from the presidential race.
According to protocol, the Vice President sits at the head of Congress in a seat behind the podium, from where the visiting speaker delivers their speech.
However, in the case of the Israeli Prime Minister, this will not happen.
“This was likely not an accident,” a former senior government official told the Times of Israel.
The source suggested the theory that Biden may keep Harris away from the White House while Netanyahu is in the country to avoid images showing the Vice President connected with the Israeli Prime Minister – for communication reasons, of course.
Nonetheless, this signifies a significant shift in U.S. policy, indicating that the connection with Israel is producing negative connotations.
At the same time, Harris is facing criticism from Zionist organizations for comments she made in support of student mobilizations for Palestine in an interview with The Nation earlier this month.
The Zionist Organization of America accused Harris of supporting “Arab Islamic criminality,” among other racist statements.
However, a current U.S. official conveys that the policies of a future Harris administration regarding Palestine will not differ much from those of Biden.
“Vice President Harris shares the U.S.’s ironclad commitment to Israel’s security combined with a commitment to promoting a two-state solution in order to end this cycle of violence,” the official clarified, speaking anonymously to Axios.
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