Vice President Harris requires cease-fire in Gaza throughout speech at Bloody Sunday anniversary

Vice President Kamala Harris referred to as for a cease-fire in Gaza Sunday whereas commemorating the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day regulation enforcement officers attacked Civil Rights activists crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

Harris gave an 18-minute speech at a gathering on the bridge to acknowledge the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. On March 7, 1965, officers beat 600 demonstrators with billy golf equipment and sprayed them with tear gasoline throughout a march throughout the bridge in help of voting rights.

Earlier than honoring activists like Amelia Boynton and John Lewis, Harris acknowledged the continuing humanitarian disaster in Gaza within the wake of the Israel-Hamas battle. 

Harris condemned Hamas whereas additionally calling on the Israeli authorities to extend help in Gaza. On Saturday, the USA army accomplished its first airdrop of humanitarian assist in Gaza after authorization from President Joe Biden final week.

Harris additionally acknowledged negotiations for a cease-fire within the area and mentioned she and Biden are “unwavering in our dedication to Israel’s safety.”

“Given the immense scale of struggling in Gaza, there have to be an instantaneous cease-fire for a minimum of the subsequent six weeks, which is presently on the desk,” Harris mentioned.

Echoing the remarks Biden made final week, Harris mentioned the U.S. will proceed offering assist to Gaza through airdrops and a possible route by sea.

“Folks in Gaza are ravenous, the circumstances are inhumane and our frequent humanity compels us to behave,” Harris mentioned.

She additionally honored the work of Civil Rights activists and drew comparisons between their struggle for freedom and trendy threats to freedom, like gun violence and voting rights.

“The challenges we presently face usually are not not like the challenges confronted by these 600 courageous souls 59 years in the past,” Harris mentioned.