Harris confronts Democratic divisions over Gaza war in convention speech

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago (San Francisco Chronicle/AP)

With anger over the war in Gaza simmering, US Vice President Kamala Harris tried to defuse one of the most divisive issues within the Democratic Party on the biggest political stage of her life.

Her remarks on Thursday night in her speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination hewed closely to previous statements on the conflict, which began when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.