The State Department would have to report to Congress on the killings of nine US citizens in the West Bank and other alleged violence committed by Israeli settlers and security forces in the area under S. Res. 852.
A number of Senate Democrats are bringing up the privileged measure under the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, which lets lawmakers formally request information from the State Department on the human rights practices of countries receiving US security assistance.
The resolution is coming up for a vote amid reports of rising settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank — and …