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American VP candidates attend Oct. 7 memorial events

By Jacob Magid 7 October 2024, 10:03 pm 2 Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz visits an exhibit in Los Angeles that memorializes the victims of the Nova music festival massacre on the anniversary of the October 7 onslaught.

“I join Vice President Harris, President Biden, and all Americans to again condemn Hamas’s brutality and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to Israel’s security and to the safety and security of the American Jewish community,” Walz says in a statement.

“It’s time for a hostage deal and ceasefire that ensures Israel is secure, all hostages are released, [and] the suffering in Gaza ends,” he adds.

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance headlines a memorial at the National Mall in Washington organized by the Philos Project.

“I know that there are many, many people who want the war to end. I am certainly one of those who wants the war to end and wants peace to return to Israel and to the territories that are currently completely destroyed by war,” Vance says in his remarks at the memorial.

“But the truth is that the best way to end the war — and I believe the only way to end the war — is if Hamas would let the hostages go,” Vance says, echoing the stance of the Biden administration.

“October 7th was not just an attack on Israel, and not just an attack on Jews. It was an attack on Americans and every single American of common sense and principle must reject it,” he adds.

 

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