{"id":831933,"date":"2021-09-30T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831933"},"modified":"2021-09-30T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:59:05","slug":"harris-tosses-pro-israel-cred-out-the-window-with-praise-for-student-accusing-jewish-state-of-ethnic-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-tosses-pro-israel-cred-out-the-window-with-praise-for-student-accusing-jewish-state-of-ethnic-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris Tosses Pro-Israel Cred Out the Window With Praise for Student Accusing Jewish State of \u2018Ethnic Genocide\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-tosses-pro-israel-cred-out-the-window-with-praise-for-student-accusing-jewish-state-of-ethnic-genocide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831933&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"30.47619047619\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Harris touted support for Israel during 2020 election<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris-George-Mason-736x491-1.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris-George-Mason-scaled-e1633026853740.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris-George-Mason-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris-George-Mason-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris-George-Mason-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris-George-Mason-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris-George-Mason-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris-George-Mason-1400x933.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tUS Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to students in a political science class at George Mason University during a surprise visit to campus on September 28, 2021, in Fairfax, Virginia. &#8211; Harris visited the classroom and a voter registration table to encourage students to register to vote and to discuss the importance of voter rights, during National Voter Registration Day. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN \/ AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN\/AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/alana-goodman\/\" title=\"Posts by Alana Goodman\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Alana Goodman<\/a> \u2022 September 30, 2021 2:42 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"87.19229574402\">\n<p>Pro-Israel groups are slamming Vice President Kamala Harris after she praised a student who accused Israel of &#8220;ethnic genocide,&#8221; an exchange that threatens to undercut Harris\u2019s credibility as a pro-Israel voice in the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was taking questions at George Mason University on Tuesday when a student in the audience criticized U.S. funding for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system and argued that &#8220;just a few days ago there were funds allocated to continue backing Israel, which hurts my heart because it\u2019s an ethnic genocide and a displacement of people.&#8221; Harris, who nodded during the student\u2019s comment, responded that she was &#8220;glad&#8221; the student spoke out and said, &#8220;Your truth should not be suppressed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Israel groups said they were troubled that Harris\u2014who is viewed as one of the more pro-Israel voices in a Democratic Party that is growing increasingly hostile to the Jewish state\u2014failed to push back on the audience member\u2019s claims. The criticism of Harris comes as Democratic Party leaders are facing pressure from left-wing lawmakers and activists to withdraw support for Israel. Last week, House Democrats removed funding for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system from a spending bill under pressure from progressive House members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vice president should\u2019ve challenged the student\u2019s baseless demonization of Israel,&#8221; said CUFI Action Fund chairwoman Sandra Parker. &#8220;Unfortunately, instead, Vice President Harris chose to defend the individual\u2019s right to speak\u2014something no one sought to deny. Harris\u2019s reaction was that of a politician afraid to speak honestly rather than a leader with the courage of her convictions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Simon Wiesenthal Center also questioned the vice president\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Israel Genociders? Your truth can\u2019t be suppressed? No VP Harris don\u2019t validate PA\/Hamas talking point lies. Truth is not a multiple choice question. Don\u2019t validate big lies that spawn anti-Semitism,&#8221; the group <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonwiesenthal\/status\/1443437880144109570\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple news outlets highlighted Harris\u2019s professed support for Israel during the 2020 election. McClatchy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/white-house\/article229180844.html\">reported<\/a> in 2019 that she was &#8220;resisting pressure from the left flank of her Democratic Party to take a more critical stance on the Israeli government&#8221; and was &#8220;holding firmly to her moderate approach to U.S.-Israel relations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s then-spokeswoman Lily Adams told the news service that Harris\u2019s &#8220;support for Israel is central to who she is&#8221; and that she was &#8220;firm in her belief that Israel has a right to exist and defend itself, including against rocket attacks from Gaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After she was selected as President Joe Biden\u2019s running mate, Harris vowed that their administration would have &#8220;unwavering support&#8221; for Israel and said she agreed with Biden&#8217;s commitment to &#8220;not tie security assistance to any political decisions that Israel makes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I pledge to you the Biden-Harris administration will sustain our unbreakable commitment to Israel&#8217;s security, including the unprecedented military and intelligence cooperation pioneered during the Obama-Biden administration,&#8221; Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/08\/26\/kamala-harris-vows-support-israel-protection-against-iran\/5638966002\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in August 2020.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Administration Harris touted support for Israel during 2020 election  US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to students in a political science class at George Mason &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}