Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren on Sunday clarified to the White House that Jerusalem did not commit genocide in the Gaza Strip, after Vice President Kamala Harris' equivocation on the issue. asked to do so.
The Democratic presidential candidate appeared to suggest that the Jewish state is committing genocide during an incident involving an anti-Israel heckler at a campaign event in Milwaukee.
When written in X, Oren stated her statement It set a “very dangerous precedent.”
“I was deeply shocked to see the video of Vice President Kamala Harris supporting the grave accusation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza,” Oren tweeted.
“This is the first time that the White House has engaged in defamation that threatens the legitimacy and security of the State of Israel. We demand that it be made clear that there is no room for baseless accusations.
Harris made the remarks after a heckler interrupted the vice chancellor's remarks at an event at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Thursday and called Israel a genocide. I hope for a ceasefire. I want the war to end and I respect your right to speak, but I am speaking now.” new york post.
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A man wearing a keffiyeh was removed after he said, “How about a genocide?” and shouted, “You can't call it a genocide when 19,000 children are dead.”
“Look, what he's saying is true,” Harris said. “That's not the subject I came to discuss today, but it's true and I respect his voice.”
