Vice President Harris speaks at the Vice President’s Residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. on October 7. Harris and Vice President Doug Emhoff plant a commemorative tree to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel. .
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Presidential candidates from both major political parties marked one year since Hamas attacked Israel on Monday, pledging continued support for the Jewish state.
Vice President Harris planted a memorial tree at her residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., to honor the victims of the October 7 attack, and former President Trump visited a Hasidic Jewish shrine in Queens, New York.
“I will never forget October 7th, and neither should the world,” Harris said in a speech. tree planting festival On the premises of the vice president’s official residence. “We must strive to ensure that the horrors of October 7 never happen again.”
According to Israel, Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, killed about 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages in the Gaza Strip on October 7. a one year latermore 100 hostages Still missing. Israel’s response to the attack has left at least 41,000 people dead in Gaza, according to Gaza health officials.
Harris reiterated her support for Israel’s defense and pledged that the Biden administration would continue its efforts to free the remaining hostages in Gaza. She then read out the names of the seven missing American citizens.
Harris also called for efforts to “alleviate the immense suffering of innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have experienced tremendous pain and loss over the past year.”
She appeared with her husband, Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish and has led the White House’s efforts to combat anti-Semitism.
President Trump visits Jewish holy site in New York
Former President Donald Trump visited Ohel Chabad, the final resting place of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schnierso in New York, on Monday with the family of Yidan Alexander, who was taken hostage by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack. Praying at Lubavitch.
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President Trump met with members of New York’s Orthodox Jewish community on Monday morning and visited the grave of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, an influential Orthodox rabbi who died in 1994. President Trump was then scheduled to attend a memorial service for Oct. 7 on Monday night. According to Trump campaign officials, Jewish leaders said:
of Hamas set goals The goal is to eliminate Israel and establish a Palestinian state. What is Israel’s purpose for the war in Gaza? eliminate Hamas.
war is exposed cracks Within the Democratic Party, there is controversy over the policies of the Biden-Harris administration. support for israel. The gulf is especially stark among young voters, a key voting demographic for Democrats and a group more likely to express their opinions than older voters. sympathy for the Palestinians. Voters ages 18 to 29 also have low support for U.S. military aid to Israel, according to the Pew Research Center.
Mr. Trump has sought to exploit these tensions within his rival parties, recently calling Jewish voters who support the Democratic Party “stupid.” That statement attracted widespread criticism From Jewish organizations across the ideological spectrum.
He continued to emphasize his message in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday. “I’ve done more for Israel than anyone, I’ve done more for the Jewish people than anyone, and as they say, it’s not reciprocal,” Trump said.
