The resolution cites a \u2018lack of accountability\u2019 by Israel\u2019s government and an \u2018inability to secure justice\u2019 by the US.<\/p>\n
The United States Senate has blocked a resolution that would have required President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to report on the killing of nine Americans in the occupied West Bank and on Israel\u2019s treatment of Palestinian children in military detention.<\/p>\n
The resolution<\/a> failed 47-53 on Tuesday, with senators voting largely along party lines.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n It was brought to the floor by Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, and cited a \u201clack of accountability\u201d from the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an \u201cinability to secure justice\u201d from the US government.<\/p>\n Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to vote against advancing the resolution, while Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, joined Democrats in supporting it.<\/p>\n Van Hollen forced the vote under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, which allows individual members of Congress to demand a formal State Department report on the human rights practices of any country that receives US security assistance.<\/p>\n In a social media post after the vote, Van Hollen pledged to continue to press for justice.<\/p>\n \u201cTonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That\u2019s more support than we\u2019ve ever had in this fight,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n \u201cRepublicans blocked us, but we won\u2019t stop until we get justice.\u201d<\/p>\n Nine Americans killed<\/p>\n The resolution called for an unclassified report within 30 days of adoption. It would have detailed investigations into the deaths of the Americans, the treatment of US citizens held in Israeli prisons, and the conditions facing Palestinian children in Israeli military detention.<\/p>\n The measure cited the deaths of nine American citizens in the occupied West Bank since January 2022, including Shireen Abu Akleh<\/a>, a Palestinian-American journalist and Al Jazeera correspondent who was shot in the head and killed in May 2022 while reporting in the city of Jenin.<\/p>\n