107 Days

by Kamala Harris

I wrapped up that unproductive meeting with Netanyahu in under an hour and walked out to address the press. I sincerely reaffirmed my commitment to Israel’s right to defend itself. I added that how Israel did that mattered. I said that Hamas triggered the war when it massacred 1,200 innocent people and committed horrific acts of sexual violence. I listed by name the five American hostages still living and the three whose remains were still held by Hamas. Then I told the press that I had discussed with the prime minister the dire situation of innocent civilians in Gaza. I described the agonizing “images of dead children and desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, sometimes displaced for the second, third, or fourth time.” I said, “We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering, and I will not be silent.”