Van Hollen, Kaine, Sanders Plan to Force Vote on Israeli Policy in West Bank
The measure would require a State Department report on settler violence and could trigger a vote to cut most U.S. security aid to Israel.
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US senators demand report on Americans killed in West Bank
Washington: A group of US senators plans to introduce a privileged resolution requiring the State Department to report to Congress on escalating violence in the occupied West Bank, including the killings of nine American citizens in recent years. Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen and Tim Kaine and independent Senator Bernie Sanders announced the move on Thursday with eight other senators. The resolution would require information about investi…
Van Hollen, Kaine, Sanders plan to force vote on Israeli policy in West Bank
Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and eight Democratic colleagues plan to force a vote in the Senate in the coming weeks to require the State Department to produce a report for Congress on violence by settlers and Israeli forces in the West Bank, including killings and detentions of Americans. If the resolution were to pass —which is unlikely —and the State Department were to fail to produce the report within…
Van Hollen, Kaine, Sanders to introduce resolution on ‘violent Israeli settlers’
Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced their intention on Thursday to introduce a resolution demanding that the State Department report on “violent Israeli settlers” in Judea and Samaria.Kaine said that the “Israeli government’s lack of response to this violence” was “unacceptable” and threatened “the long-term safety and security of the entire region.”“The violence committed by Israeli settlers in…
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