On the final, and most anticipated, night of the four-day Chicago convention, Harris, 59, promised to chart a “New Way Forward” as she and Trump, 78, enter the final 11 weeks of the razor-close campaign.

After days of protests from Palestinian supporters who were disappointed at not getting a speaking spot at the convention, Harris delivered a pledge to secure Israel, bring the hostages home from Gaza and end the war in the Palestinian enclave.

“Now is the time to get a hostage deal and a ceasefire deal done,” she said to cheers. “And let me be clear, I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself.”

“What has happened in Gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost, desperate hungry people fleeing for safety over and over again. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking,” she said.

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    I didn’t realize this generational conflict was so easy to fix. Who would they call?

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      They would call the leader of the israeli state and threaten to stop shipping weapons. Just like it was done multiple times in the past.

      When Reagan and HW Bush made this phone call, the wars ended overnight. Why wouldnt it work for Biden/Kamala?

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        Harris is more left than Biden, and it’s difficult to criticize someone before they even have the power to act. So it’s a tough choice, give her a chance to show how she can deescalate things there…or Trump who claims he’ll end it, period. Which he didn’t do when he had the position before, but…maybe again? Yeah, tough choice.

        Calling for a ceasefire is absolutely a first step (that would be Biden you should be complaining about, Harris isn’t President yet). The wars never stopped though, those two sides would go at each other with sticks and stones (and have). Only they can fix the problems, one that was not helped at all by other European white men drawing borders long ago without any regard for the results.

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          Harris is more left than Biden

          Did you not listen to her acceptance speech last night? She. is far to the right of Biden, who was to the right of people like Bush and Reagan.

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      Reagan was able to end carpet bombing with a call. George HW. Bush was able to end carpet bombing with a call, Margaret Thatcher was able to end carpet bombing with a call. Harris could end this bombing with a call. Out of one side of their mouth, they talk cease fire. And out of the other side of their mouth, they’re saying that they’ll send more money and weapons. This is why we cannot trust them. We listen to what they say and watch what they do.