Kamala Harris declines to attend Netanyahu address to Congress

Published July 22, 2024 9:23pm ET



Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress.

The move is likely an attempt to distance herself from the Biden administration’s stance on the war in Gaza, which has rattled the Democratic Party. By distancing herself from the heavily pro-Israel stance of President Joe Biden, she could help neuter attacks from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

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