Palestine

Democrats said veterans supporting Trump’s Gaza aid effort face legal risks for “what amounts to military operations on behalf of the Israeli government.” Palestinians gather at an aid distribution point in a desperate attempt to receive limited flour supplies in Gaza City, Gaza, on July…

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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) in introducing legislation to restore congressional funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in urging President Biden to promptly designate…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) discussed the rise in antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate and violence in Vermont and across the United States. Senator Welch pointed to recent instances of hate crimes and violence in Vermont and nationwide, including an increase in…