Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the first stop of her tour for her new book about her presidential campaign, "107 Days," at Town Hall in New York, on Wednesday. Angelina Katsanis/AP New York AP —

Former Vice President Kamala Harris , forced to confront Israel’s war in Gaza on the first night of her book tour, expressed compassion for Palestinians and condemned President Donald Trump for giving the Israeli government “a blank check.”

“What’s happening to the Palestinian people is outrageous and it breaks my heart,” she told a packed New York City performance center on Wednesday night after being interrupted by the first of four pro-Palestinian protesters. “Donald Trump has given (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu a blank check to do whatever he wants.

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