US Senate blocks report on Americans killed in the West Bank
The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have required the Trump administration to produce a State Department report on the killing of nine Americans in the occupied West Bank. The measure also sought reporting on Israel's treatment of Palestinian children in military detention. It failed by 47 votes to 53 on Tuesday, in a vote that split largely along party lines.The resolution was introduced by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and was forced to the floor under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. That law allows individual members of Congress to request a formal State Department... [Continue Reading]
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