{
  "id": 10816498,
  "title": "US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-senate-blocks-resolution-demanding-accountability-over-israeli",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T00:16:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/senate-resolution-west-bank-israel-violence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent vote, the US Senate blocked a Democratic resolution aimed at demanding accountability over Israeli violence in the West Bank. The resolution, led by Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen, would have required the State Department to report to Congress on the violence, including the deaths of nine American citizens, and on human rights conditions in the territory. The resolution failed to make progress with a vote of 47 to 51.\n\nNine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in the occupied West Bank since 2022. The most recent killings include Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old from Tampa, Florida, who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in July 2025, and Khamis Ayyad, a 40-year-old father of five from Cicero, Illinois, who died of smoke inhalation after settlers set fire to his home in Silwad.\n\nVan Hollen, a Democrat, expressed disappointment in the Senate's decision, stating that it is the United States' responsibility to ensure that recipients of US taxpayer dollars act in line with its laws and values. He criticized Republican senators for continuing to vote against the resolution, asking what would be needed for the executive branch to act.\n\nThe Senate's decision comes amid rising settler violence, as reported by human rights groups. Since January 2023, settler attacks have displaced 107 Palestinian communities, affecting about 5,900 people. A UN report from October 2025 documented 1,732 settler attacks causing injuries or property damage, resulting in the displacement of over 36,000 Palestinians from their homes.\n\nThis represents a shift in the stance of some Democrats, who have historically aligned with Israel. In November 2024, 18 senators supported Van Hollen's effort to block arms sales to Israel, and in April, 40 of the 47 Democrats voted to block a $295 million sale of bulldozers and $152 million for 1,000-pound bombs, which also failed due to Republican opposition.",
  "summary": "The US Senate has rejected a resolution that would have required the state department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied West Bank. The resolution, led by Democrat Chris Van Hollen, aimed to hold the state department accountable for the killings of nine American citizens by Israeli settlers or security forces since 2022, according to The Guardian US.\n\nThe resolution would have given the state department 30 days to report to Congress on the deaths, as well as on wider human rights conditions in the territory, including Israel's detention of Palestinian children. The measure was rejected along mostly party lines.\n\nSenator Chris Van Hollen and 24 other Democrats had sought to force a vote on an unclassified State Department report on the issue, as reported by Haaretz. The report would have covered the killings of nine American citizens in the West Bank, Israeli detention of Palestinian Americans and children, and efforts to secure accountability.",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Senate blocks Democratic effort to force report on West Bank violence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/senate-blocks-democratic-effort-to-force-report-on-west-bank-violence",
        "published": "2026-09-30T00:37:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "US Senate blocks measure demanding report on rights violations in West Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-senate-blocks-measure-demanding-report-on-rights-violations-in",
        "published": "2026-09-30T00:46:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Senate rejects Democratic resolution targeting Israeli actions in Judea and Samaria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/senate-rejects-democratic-resolution-targeting-israeli-actions-in",
        "published": "2026-09-30T01:12:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "US Senate blocks measure demanding report on rising violence in West Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-senate-blocks-measure-demanding-report-on-rising-violence-in-west",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:12:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Over 100 Israeli settlers burn Palestinian homes, clash with troops in West Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/over-100-israeli-settlers-burn-palestinian-homes-clash-with-troops-in",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:16:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}