It wasn't useful for Harris to call it a genocide, because it would have hurt her chances of getting elected. Even Bernie refers to it as a war, probably so he doesn't get censored by the Senate.

Harris called for a ceasefire multiple times. Here's a comment that said it best.

https://lemmy.world/comment/13069715

She’s taken a stance, multiple times. The left doesn’t want to hear it.

March - https://www.npr.org/2024/03/04/1234822836/kamala-harris-benny-gantz-gaza-cease-fire-israel-hamas

July - https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/25/harris-netanyahu-israel-cease-fire-00171315

September - https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/harris-trump-presidential-debate-election-2024/card/harris-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-while-trump-claims-she-hates-israel--isokhfqmy6EgRGrUOSuK

Despite your argument's attempt to conflate the two, it was evident from examining the evidence that Harris wanted a ceasefire and would be better than Trump on this issue. To end the genocide we need a president who wants it to end before all the Palestinians are dead.

[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Saying you want a ceasefire while you keep arming and funding the side causing the violence is not better, it's the same thing but with a layer of PR on top that gullible fools believe.

To end the genocide, you need a president that doesn't support Israel.

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Biden wasn't running for president. Harris was and as VP she doesn't have the power to change the US' relationship with anyone.

[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Harris was running on doing exactly the same as Biden on Palestine.

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Unlike Biden, Harris was not a life long Zionist.

When Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet during his visit to Israel, the U.S. president assured them: "I don't believe you have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I am a Zionist."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/i-am-zionist-how-joe-bidens-lifelong-bond-with-israel-shapes-war-policy-2023-10-21/

She even chose Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro, another Zionist.

For years, he has been a steadfast supporter of the Jewish state.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/josh-shapiros-vp-bid-ignites-debate-israel-antisemitism-rcna164105