Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has made a final pitch to Arab Americans while campaigning in the state of Michigan, two days before the US presidential election, Al Jazeera reports.

In an apparent acknowledgement of the anger over her support for Israel, she said that “this year has been difficult, given the scale of death and destruction in Gaza and given the civilian casualties and displacement in Lebanon”.

“It is devastating, and as president, I will do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza”, she said to applause, “to bring home the hostages, end the suffering in Gaza, ensure Israel is secure and ensure the Palestinian people can realise their right to dignity, freedom, security and self-determination”.

Harris’s remarks echoed what she has been saying on the campaign trail for weeks, and critics have slammed her for failing to condition US assistance to Israel.