US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank
The US Senate rejected a resolution that would have required the State Department to report on human rights conditions and violence in the occupied West Bank. The vote fell mostly along party lines, blocking an effort to increase accountability regarding the deaths of American citizens in the region.
Why it matters
The vote highlights ongoing political divisions in the US regarding foreign policy and military aid to Israel.
A destroyed car outside a burned home the day after Israeli settlers reportedly attacked people and property in Jalud in the occupied West Bank. A destroyed car outside a burned home the day after Israeli settlers reportedly attacked people and property in Jalud in the occupied West Bank. US Senate US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022
Prefer the Guardian on Google The US Senate on Tuesday evening rejected along mostly party lines a Democratic resolution that would have forced the state department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied West Bank , including the killings of nine American citizens by Israeli settlers or security forces over the last few years.
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