Kamala Harris’ contradictory stance on Israel is a display of political cowardice

With friends like these. . .

Less than an hour after sitting down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris pulled a 180, pushing for a cease-fire and slamming the Jewish state for “the scale of human suffering in Gaza” and “the death of far too many innocent civilians.”

Greeting Bibi with one hand, stabbing him in the back with the other.

After the sitdown, Harris publicly touted her “unwavering” support for Israel’s right to exist — and in the next breath, fretted for the “over 2 million people facing high levels of food insecurity and half a million people facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity.”

(Notice how the switch to “food insecurity” after the data proved there is no famine, as Gazans are getting more food than they needed from aid and private groups.)

Reality check: All the suffering, deaths and hunger are on Hamas, which started this war by breaking a cease-fire with its Oct. 7 atrocities — and which huddles in the hundreds of miles of tunnels and bunkers it built under Gaza’s ground by diverting billions in international aid.

Israel has gone to unprecedented lengths to protect civilians; but horrors are inevitable in war, especially when Hamas continues to commit war crimes every day by hiding among civilians — and stealing their food and other relief supplies.

But Harris won’t say any of that because it’s not what the left wants to hear.

She somehow thinks she can convince the vast majority of Americans that she’s not a pro-Hamas radical — while placating the pro-Hamas radicals.

The result: Our No. 1 Middle Eastern ally is further alienated, while the antisemitic left remains unsatisfied.

Plus, Harris’ Hamas-heartening comments could hamstring Jerusalem’s effort to negotiate a hostage release and risk further escalation in the region, as Iran & Co. look to take advantage of the cracks in the US-Israel relationship.

Trying to please both sides is pure cowardice, and added proof that Harris has yet to learn anything about making successful foreign policy.