Israel

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced there will be no change to U.S. policy in Israel, despite humanitarian organizations, the United Nations, and press investigations showing a failure to end the humanitarian crisis and comply…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow will mark 30 days since the Biden Administration, through the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, expressed deep concerns about the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, requesting urgent and sustained actions by the Netanyahu government to help innocent civilians. The situation…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – While speaking from the Senate Floor this evening on the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced he would not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday. In his statement, Senator Welch explained that while he welcomes…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday evening, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate Floor to call for an end to the United States' support for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s war strategy that has not only caused massive death and destruction but has failed to…

BURLINGTON, VT – Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following reaction to the Department of State’s National Security Memorandum 20 (NSM-20) report, which found that it was “reasonable to assess” that U.S. weapons were used by the Netanyahu government and the Israeli security forces in ways inconsistent with…