“Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, said that Ms. Harris seemed to have just hunkered down, waiting for Election Day before making any affirmative effort to change the course of events in the Middle East and pressure Mr. Netanyahu to de-escalate. It isn’t working — politically or diplomatically. ‘She was in a bind from the beginning,’ Ms. Friedman said. ‘if she gave an inch’ toward criticizing the Israeli government, ‘she would be framed as anti-Israel or even antisemitic. Even if she doesn’t give an inch, she’s still being framed as anti-Israel or antisemitic. So maybe it would be better to conceptualize and stand behind a defensible policy’ in the region, Ms. Friedman added.”