In a campaign stop on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris called for a six-week pause — which she called a “ceasefire” — in Israel’s attacks in Gaza, co-opting the phrasing that pro-Palestine advocates have been using for months to instead promote what advocates say would simply amount to a “pause to the genocide."
Many news outlets — including ones with a demonstrated pro-Israel bias — simply reported that Harris called for a ceasefire in headlines and social media posts, with The Washington Post going as far as to call Harris’s words a “tonal shift.” However, without the context of it being a temporary ceasefire, or something that other officials have called a “humanitarian pause,” the headlines make it seem as though Harris made a stronger call than she really did, advocates have pointed out.
In a speech in front of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Harris paused after calling for “an immediate ceasefire,” allowing the crowd to cheer before continuing on, “for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table.” She blamed Palestinian leaders for not wanting the deal, though reports say that the negotiations are still ongoing, with Hamas forces unwilling to release all Israeli hostages until Israel agrees to withdraw its troops altogether and release some of the thousands of Palestinian hostages it has taken in recent months.
Harris’s refusal to call for a permanent ceasefire comes as Israel’s genocidal military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians and injured 70,000, with thousands of people still missing under the rubble.
@CoyoteLouGreen3mos3MO
Hamas has said they won't agree to a temporary ceasefire that keeps Israeli troops occupying Gaza. As a likely bloody Ramadan approaches, the Biden administration is trying to wash its hands clean of a problem largely of its own making.
@LlamaBertDemocrat3mos3MO
Would you take the offer of Hamas (members and leadership) surrenders to Israel to stand trial for October 7th along with freeing the hostages in exchange Israel ends the assault?
@CoyoteLouGreen3mos3MO
I wouldn’t, but we all know there isn’t actually a deal, because Netanyahu said he doesn’t want one & the United States has vetoed a ceasefire deal 3 times.
This temporary ceasefire is an election stunt, like dropping two loaves of bread on thousands of starving Palestinians.
@LlamaBertDemocrat3mos3MO
why wouldn't you take that deal? I mean we're all dealing in hypotheticals there's no ceasefire and people can keep calling for one but it's not happening.
@CoyoteLouGreen3mos3MO
Why should the oppressed surrender to the oppressor? Makes no sense.
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
If you were directly affected by the conflict, would you see a six-week ceasefire as a sign of hope or a delay of the inevitable?
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
How would you feel if a temporary ceasefire was called in your own community rather than a permanent peace agreement?
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
Why do you think a leader might propose a temporary ceasefire instead of a permanent solution to conflict?
@9KLMVGT3mos3MO
shes crazy to most dempcrats are crazy the econemy isnt right because of them
@9KLM3T33mos3MO
Vey global and pressing, although the other news are important too
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