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Al Jazeera

Harris adviser denies support for cutting off weapons transfers to Israel

US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on July 27 [Stephanie Scarbrough/Pool via Reuters]

Advisers close to Vice President Kamala Harris have denied that she expressed openness to cutting off arms transfers to Israel, a key demand of pro-Palestine groups looking for a sharp departure from the United States’ policy of support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

In a social media post on Thursday, Harris’s national security adviser Phil Gordon disputed reports that the Democratic presidential candidate was receptive to calls for a weapons embargo.

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