US Vice President Calls for ‘Immediate Cease-Fire’ in Gaza
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for an “immediate cease-fire” in Gaza, in one of the strongest appeals yet from the Biden administration to halt the war, while at a gathering to commemorate a major civil rights anniversary in Selma, Alabama.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for an “immediate cease-fire” in Gaza, in one of the strongest appeals yet from the Biden administration to halt the war.
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