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Some voters in key battleground states such as North Carolina, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania say they want to see a public commitment from Vice President Kamala Harris that she will take action on Israel's war in Gaza before they decide to vote for her.

Halah Ahmad: “Nothing feels good about this election.” The Palestinian American from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, told CNN, describing the regular feeling of “shock and horror” she feels when she sees footage of people killed and places destroyed in Gaza.

Ahmad said she could not guarantee her vote and support for leaders until she was guaranteed an arms embargo or an end to hostilities in Gaza. “I feel most committed to life – the most fundamental sanctity of life – in this election,” she said. “The only way to act is to do what I can, and if there is hope, I must act on it,” she added.

She said she takes “the risk” of a possible Trump presidency “very seriously,” but argued that there is “no viable alternative to genocide, even on the Democratic side.” If Harris lost the election, she said, she would blame the vice president and the Democratic Party for her loss.

Reem Abuelhaj: The Philadelphia resident said she plans to go to the polls and vote against it, but “will not vote for Vice President Harris unless she publicly commits to imposing an arms embargo on Israel sometime by November 5th or a to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”

“I am a voter of conscience, and a candidate who firmly advocates a policy of unconditionally arming and funding Israel to continue its genocide in Gaza and escalation in the West Bank and war in Lebanon is a warning sign to me,” she said.

She told CNN the issue was “deeply personal” to her. The Palestinian-American says she knows people who have lost family members in Gaza in the last year and cannot vote for someone who is part of a government she considers responsible.

In a CNN town hall, Harris said she believes people who care about Gaza also care about reproductive freedom and food prices, among other things, and that those issues might make them want to vote for her.

Meghan Watts: A resident of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, said that the fact that these issues are being “weaponized” against her “shows how removed she feels from what really concerns people.”

“It shouldn’t be a choice where we either have to accept genocide in exchange for lower food or in exchange for lower rent,” the graduate student said. “It’s an outrageous decision to have forced upon us.”

Harris' attitude: Harris gave a powerful and remarkable speech on the situation in Gaza in July, echoing President Joe Biden's repeated comments about the “unwavering support” and “unwavering commitment” to Israel and the need to return Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity . The country has the right to defend itself, she said, emphasizing: “It depends on how it does it.” In her acceptance speech at the Democratic Party Convention in August, she pointed to the plight of the people of Gaza and the need for it to release the Israeli hostages and reach a ceasefire agreement. Read more about Harris' stance on Israel's war in Gaza here.