# U.S. Senate Democrats urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein in a “surge” of violence by West Bank settlers and mass arrests of Palestinians by Israeli security forces in the occupied territory. In the letter to Netanyahu and signed by 42 of the Senate’s 47-member Democratic caucus, the lawmakers noted increasing levels of violence against Palestinians. They also appealed to Israel to step up investigations into the deaths of nine American citizens they said have been killed by settlers or security forces in the West Bank since 2022.
US Senate Democrats urge Israel to rein in West Bank violence