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US Senate blocks resolution seeking report on West Bank killings
47votes
The resolution received 47 votes in favor.
The US Senate voted 47-53 against a Democratic resolution requiring an unclassified State Department report on nine Americans killed in the occupied West Bank, Israeli detention of US citizens and Palestinian children, and broader human rights conditions.
2 sourcesThe Guardian, Al JazeeraUpdated
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The United States Senate rejected a resolution requiring a State Department report on violence and human rights conditions in the West Bank.
2 of 2 sources“The United States Senate has blocked a resolution that would have required President Donald Trump’s administration to report”
- 47votes
The resolution received 47 votes in favor.
2 of 2 sources“The resolution failed 47-53 on Tuesday”