US Senate blocks resolution demanding report on West Bank violence

Republican senators blocked a Democratic-led resolution that would have required the State Department to report on violence against Americans in the West Bank or halt aid. The vote follows an incident in which Israeli settlers set homes on fire and clashed with Israeli forces trying to enforce a Supreme Court order letting the Tubassi family return home, with authorities accused of not doing enough to confront the settlers. It was the family's second such attack in a month.