Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., claimed on Sunday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ team has expressed interest in a “new direction” regarding the current U.S.-Israel policy.
During an appearance on “Meet the Press,” Khanna said he has pushed Harris to enforce U.S. laws that stipulate America cannot offer unconditional aid to foreign allies.
“What she has – her team has expressed openness is to a new direction and look, anyone looking at this policy, you have hostages who still aren’t released. You have a war that has lasted almost 11 months. You have over 40,000 people in Gaza dying. We need a new direction of policy to bring the war to an end,” the California lawmaker said.
The Harris campaign did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment on Labor Day.
President Biden and Harris plan to meet in the White House Situation Room on Monday along with the U.S. hostage deal negotiating team after the murder of six hostages, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, by Hamas on Saturday.
The White House said the focus of the meeting is to discuss efforts to drive toward a deal that secures the release of the remaining hostages. The meeting is also closed to the press.
War has been raging in the Middle East since Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a series of attacks on Israel that killed over 1,100 people, sparking Israel to declare war soon afterward. An estimated 257 Israeli hostages were trapped in Gaza when the war first began, and 101 hostages are still in Gaza. Of the 101 remaining hostages, 66 are believed to be alive, four of whom are American citizens.
Fox News’ Greg Wehner and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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