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Kamala Harris tells Benjamin Netanyahu 'it is time' to end war in Gaza - BBC News Benjamin Netanyahu visit to America

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00:00Meanwhile, the U.S. Vice President, Kamala Harris, has had what she describes as a frank

00:08and constructive meeting with the visiting Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

00:13In it, the Democratic presidential hopeful expressed her serious concern about Palestinian

00:20civilian casualties in Israel's war with Hamas.

00:23She also reiterated her unwavering commitment to the U.S. allies' security, but urged Mr.

00:29Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire deal.

00:32Let's hear some of what Kamala Harris had to say after the meeting.

00:36I have met with the families of these American hostages multiple times now, and I've told

00:42them each time they are not alone and I stand with them.

00:48And President Biden and I are working every day to bring them home.

00:54I also expressed with the Prime Minister my serious concern about the scale of human

01:00suffering in Gaza, including the death of far too many innocent civilians.

01:07And I made clear my serious concern about the dire humanitarian situation there, with

01:14over two million people facing high levels of food insecurity and half a million people

01:21facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity.

01:27What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating.

01:32The images of dead children and desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, sometimes

01:40displaced for the second, third, or fourth time.

01:45We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies.

01:48We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering, and I will not be silent.

01:57It is time for this war to end, and end in a way where Israel is secure, all the hostages

02:04are released, the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can

02:12exercise their right to freedom, dignity, and self-determination.

02:18There has been hopeful movement in the talks to secure an agreement on this deal.

02:24And as I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu, it is time to get this deal done.

02:30And North America correspondent David Wills gave us the latest from Washington.

02:35Benjamin Netanyahu met with both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris today, and the White House,

02:43in a readout of his meeting with Joe Biden, said that Mr. Biden called for a ceasefire

02:49in Gaza and for the release of the remaining hostages as soon as possible, as it put it.

02:57And Kamala Harris, as we just heard, went further than that, taking concern, registering

03:03her concern about the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and saying that the time had

03:09come to do a deal.

03:12And she also said to Mr. Netanyahu that she would not be silent about the suffering of

03:18the Palestinian people.

03:19Now, some here are taking that to mean that she may adopt a different stance, perhaps

03:26a more aggressive stance towards Israel than Joe Biden has done, should she be elected,

03:32of course, in the presidential election in November.

03:36Kamala Harris has been critical of the Israeli administration, most recently back in March.

03:43And a lot of people have been looking to see what she makes of Benjamin Netanyahu's visit

03:49these last few days as some sort of indication of how she would engage with the Israelis

03:56going forward.