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Senators will introduce resolution upon the Senate’s return; legislation would require a report on increasing violence in the West Bank, including deaths and mistreatment of American citizens  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and seven of his colleagues in announcing…

This week marks one year since Israeli forces arrested and detained Mohammed Ibrahim, a U.S. citizen, for ten months  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, alongside U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL-14), this week led twelve bicameral lawmakers in demanding accountability for the Israeli military’s nearly ten-month detention of Palestinian-American minor Mohammed Ibrahim. In their letter…

Senator Welch meets with families of five American civilians killed and injured in the West Bank  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led a group of bicameral lawmakers in demanding answers from the U.S. Department of State about two violent attacks on American…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today met with Dylan Collins, a Vermonter and video journalist for the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency, who was attacked and wounded by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) while reporting in Southern Lebanon. Representatives for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative…

Ballal is an Oscar-winning co-director of the documentary No Other Land  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) today led 29 of their bicameral colleagues in raising the alarm over escalating violence in the West Bank. In a…