Walz says Gaza demonstrators are protesting for ‘all the right reasons’ while condemning Hamas

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Walz says Gaza demonstrators are protesting for ‘all the right reasons’ while condemning ******

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said Thursday that those protesting ********* support for *******’s war against ****** in Gaza are doing so for “all the right reasons,” as the Democratic ticket looks to balance its support for ******* with the humanitarian plight of civilians in the war-torn enclave.

Walz’ comments came in an interview with a local Michigan public radio station — a state with a large

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swing state in this November’s election. His comments appeared to mark tonal shift, though not a policy one, from the steadfast support for ******* that Vice President Kamala Harris espoused at the Democratic National Convention last month.

Walz said the Oct. 7 ******* by ****** that touched off the war, was “a horrific act of ********* against the people of *******. They certainly have the right to defend themselves.” But, he also said that, “we can’t allow what’s happened in Gaza to happen. The ************ people have every right to life and liberty themselves.”

During the interview, Walz was also asked how a Harris administration might handle the nearly 11-month *******-****** conflict and whether she would break with President Joe Biden, who has supported ******* while working to broker a ceasefire and a deal to release hostages held by ******.

Walz

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, including *********

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, who were ********* last week in Gaza by ****** as ******** forces drew near. Nor did he mention the protests that involve ********* and vandalism and are frequently directed at ******* Americans.

Walz has, in other settings, spoken about the hostages, including in a social media post earlier this week where he wrote: “The anguish of losing a child is something no family should have to endure. … ****** is a brutal ********** organization — and we condemn their continued atrocities against both Americans and Israelis in the strongest possible terms.”

Harris, who has spoken more passionately of the plight of Palestinians civilians in Gaza than Biden, has pledged to continue longstanding support for *******. In a statement after the hostages’ bodies were identified, Harris said that the “threat ****** poses to the people of *******—and ********* citizens in *******—must be eliminated” and that “****** cannot control Gaza.”

Speaking at a vigil for the hostages at his synagogue in Washington on Tuesday, Harris’ husband

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“I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Hersh and his parents, or about the five others and their families.” He added: “This is hard. I feel raw. I’m gutted.”

Although the vice president has appeared more forceful in speaking about the plight of civilians in Gaza, she and Biden are in step on his efforts to arm ******* and bring about a ******** deal and ceasefire. Harris and Biden met earlier this week in the White House Situation Room with the U.S. ******** deal negotiating team.

Harris’ campaign, meanwhile, has stepped up its outreach to ***** and ******* ********* leaders in Michigan, aiming to make up ground with a community that had

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with Biden after they felt months of outreach had not yielded many results. Some have expressed a willingness to listen while others have had initial conversations with Harris’ team.

Harris previously said that it was important to remember “the war in Gaza is not a binary issue. However, too often the conversation is binary, when the reality is anything but.”

******** families have accused ******** Prime Minister

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of blocking a deal and potentially sacrificing their loved ones to hold a strip along Gaza’s border with Egypt, called the Philadelphi corridor. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis this week took

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and called for a deal, saying time is running out to bring hostages home alive.

Biden said this week they are still negotiating.

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