Gaza

Palestinian men walk near rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. senators wants Congress' watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio warning that the bombing campaign carried out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Courtesy of J. Scott Applewhite/APSen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2023. People around the world welcomed news that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement after months of negotiations. While technical…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in urging the Department of State to provide additional data on the total death and destruction in Gaza. In their letter, the Senators requested more…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined 11 of his Senate colleagues in renewing calls to the Biden Administration to urge the governments of Israel and Egypt to protect press freedom and allow journalists into Gaza to cover the ongoing war. In their…