Kamala Harris says Joe Biden was incapable of showing more empathy for civilians in Gaza killed by Israel in response to Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks, according to a copy of Harris' new book obtained by Axios.
- "I had pleaded with Joe, when he spoke publicly on this issue, to extend the same empathy he showed to the suffering of Ukrainians to the suffering of innocent Gazan civilians," the former vice president writes in her book "107 Days," out Tuesday.
- "But he couldn't do it: While he could passionately state, 'I am a Zionist,' his remarks about innocent Palestinians came off as inadequate and forced."
Why it matters: It's part of Harris' larger effort in the book to distance herself from Biden after not doing so during last year's campaign.
