If presidential aspirant Sen. Kamala Harris of California has put forth progressive domestic proposals, they are often offset and countered by various foreign policy positions. African-American voters clearly cheered her recent stance on reparations and the legalization of marijuana, but they may have some cause for concern by her failure to speak out against the plight of the Palestinians, particularly the ceaseless expansion of Israeli settlements.

During two recent public appearances, Harris expressed her support for the legalization of marijuana, jokingly saying that “half my family’s from Jamaica,” and that she had smoked “a joint in college…and I inhaled.” It should be noted that she is half Jamaican and half East Indian.

When she was asked her views on reparations for slavery, Harris said she was for some form of reparations. And last week, she gave support to the Green New Deal introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

These positions immediately caught a few headlines and for some of her fans adds to her progressive domestic positions, though some are still concerned about her reluctance to criticize what many activists believe are inhumane policies in Israel against the Palestinians.

According to one report, Harris’ first foreign policy vote in January 2017 was in opposition to outgoing President Obama and supported Trump. Obama had refused to veto a rather tame U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements. The resolution also called for Israel to stop expanding illegally into settlements in the occupied West Bank. Nor has she voiced opposition, unlike Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, on the excessive use of lethal force in the Gaza Strip.

While she supports a two-state solution in Israel, she believes the U.N. should not be involved in any resolution on the age-old conflict and should allow the parties to settle it themselves.

As a prosecutor Harris had to settle a number of difficult and challenging cases, none more troubling than the Daniel Larsen case. Larsen, with a criminal record, was seen throwing a knife under a car by two police officers. Under the three-strike law, he was sentenced to 27 years to life, a law Harris firmly supported.

The sentence was viewed as unduly harsh, and 11 years later a judge reversed the conviction due to the lack of evidence and the incompetence of Larsen’s attorney. Even so, two years later Larsen was still behind bars because Harris, now a vocal opponent of mass incarceration, appealed the judge’s decision on a technicality, claiming that Larsen had filed his paperwork too late.

Fourteen years went by before Larsen was finally released, but even then Harris refused to let the situation pass, and once again Larsen was back in court.

Born in Oakland, Calif., Harris, 54, served as the district attorney for San Francisco from 2004 to 2011, the state attorney general from 2011 to 2016 and is now the junior senator from the state.

During her short stint thus far in Congress her record has been mixed, and a few of the same issues that bothered her constituents when she was district attorney remain current. Progressive activists were dismayed by her obstinacy on criminal justice reform, either opposing their demands or staying silent. This stands in contradiction to her announced stance against mass incarceration.

For many Americans, particularly those east of Mississippi, who only know her from her forthright, outspoken demeanor on the Senate Judiciary Committee, she’s still a mystery, still the second Black woman senator they are getting to know.

As the presidential race heats up, Harris’ profile and positions will become increasingly apparent and voters can determine which half of her is the real half.

Meanwhile, there are a few things she has been unequivocal about, and she summed them up in a recent statement: “Let’s speak an uncomfortable but honest truth with one another: racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, homophobia and transphobia are real in this country. They are age-old forms of hate with new fuel. And we need to speak that truth so we can deal with it.”