Harris has expressed greater sympathy for the suffering of Palestinians, but stopped short of arms embargo demands.
Advisers close to Vice President Kamala Harris have denied that she expressed openness to cutting off arms transfers to Israel, a key demand of pro-Palestine groups looking for a sharp departure from the United States’ policy of support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
In a social media post on Thursday, Harris’s national security adviser Phil Gordon disputed reports that the Democratic presidential candidate was receptive to calls for a weapons embargo.
The episode is the latest to raise questions over the extent to which Harris could break with President Joe Biden over the war in Gaza, with pro-Palestinian activists pushing for changes beyond a greater rhetorical focus on the suffering of Palestinians.
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