CORTEZ MASTO STATEMENT ON VOTE TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO PRODUCE REPORT ON VIOLENCE IN THE WEST BANK

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after voting to require the Department of State to report to Congress on increasing violence in the West Bank, including the killings of Americans:

"Over the past three years, settler violence in the West Bank has dramatically increased, and over a thousand civilians, including nine Americans and hundreds of children, have been killed. This violence is unacceptable and incompatible with efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region," said Senator Cortez Masto. "American citizens are being killed, and Prime Minister Netanyahu has not done nearly enough...