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What she actually said was that she would fight for a ceasefire and sovereignty for Palestine...but without a weapons embargo. This raises the question: If you refuse to use the only thing you have leverage on, what good is your support?
I don't think that Harris has a plan. She might be more pro-Palestine than Biden, but without an embargo, she'll be just as ineffectual. I don't think that the US can do anything to stop the genocide except to quit sending Israel the money and weapons that they're using to commit the genocide.
There are other things the US can do. Implement a no-fly zone on Israel, give federal backing to the BDS movement, enforce an ICC arrest warrant on Netanyahu, require Israelis with US citizenship to come back to the US or forfeit that citizenship, etc.
Obviously KKKamala HariSS won't do any of those things, but the US hypothetically could continue to sell arms to Israel while destroying their ability to wage war.
Honestly the easiest one is to let the UN actually do something or let everyone know they won't retaliate against anyone that tries to stop the genocide.
Of course that is too much for this and the Harris administration (or trump) to even consider...
Good thing we have blinken to definitely do something to help negotiate
This is correct, and is why Harris is promising to continue genocide.