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Dem bill would hold West Bank settlers accountable for violence

Palestinians inspect the destroyed cars at a scrapyard in the town of Huwara near Nablus in the West Bank on February 27, 2023 after they were torched overnight. Two Israelis living in the Har Bracha settlement near Nablus were killed on February 26 in a "Palestinian terror attack", officials said, sparking violence in which a Palestinian man was killed, while settlers torched homes in revenge. Photo by Shadi Jarar'ah apaimagesCongressional Democrats led by Rep. Summer Lee and Sen. Peter Welch have introduced legislation to sanction Israeli settlers that commit acts of violence in the West Bank.

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