美国参议院周二晚间以大致沿党派界限的投票结果，否决了一项民主党提出的决议。该决议本可强制国务院就约旦河西岸占领区的暴力事件向国会提交报告，其中包括过去几年以色列定居者或安全部队杀害九名美国公民的事件。
The US Senate on Tuesday evening rejected along mostly party lines a Democratic resolution that would have forced the state department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied West Bank, including the killings of nine American citizens by Israeli settlers or security forces over the last few years.
该决议由马里州民主党参议员克里斯·范霍伦牵头，要求国务院在30天内就上述死亡事件以及该地区更广泛的人权状况向国会提交报告，其中包括以色列拘留巴勒斯坦儿童的情况。
The resolution, led by the Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen, would have given the state department 30 days to report to Congress on those deaths and on wider human rights conditions in the territory, including Israel’s detention of Palestinian children.
该决议以47票对51票未能通过。宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员约翰·费特曼与共和党人一同投了反对票，而肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗则投了赞成票。
The resolution failed to advance by a vote of 47 to 51. Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman, a Democrat, joined Republicans in voting against the resolution, while Kentucky Republican Rand Paul voted in favor.
范霍伦依据《对外援助法》第502B条强制进行了投票，该条款允许参议员要求就接受美国军事援助的国家提交人权报告。该决议获得了24名民主党参议员的联署，包括佛蒙特州的伯尼·桑德斯、弗吉尼亚州的蒂姆·凯恩，以及新罕布什尔州的珍妮·沙欣，后者是参议院外交关系委员会的民主党首席成员。
Van Hollen was able to force the vote under section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act, a law that lets senators demand human rights reports on countries receiving US military aid. The measure drew 24 Democratic sponsors, including Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the foreign relations committee.
“虽然我很高兴许多民主党同事都支持这项努力，但显然美国还需要做得更多，”范·霍伦在投票后表示。“我们有责任确保那些接受美国纳税人资金的人的行为符合我们的法律和价值观——这项决议正是为了揭露那些违背这一原则的实际情况。”自2022年以来，已有9名美国人在被占领的西岸地区遇害，而这些事件中没有任何一方受到应有的惩罚。
“While I was pleased that so many of my Democratic colleagues joined this effort, it’s clear the United States must do more,” Van Hollen said in a statement after the vote. “It is our responsibility to ensure recipients of US taxpayer dollars act in line with our laws and our values – this resolution was an opportunity to shed light on a reality that flies in the face of that principle.”Nine Americans have been killed in the occupied West Bank since 2022, and the senators say none of the cases has resulted in accountability.
最近的受害者包括来自佛罗里达州坦帕市的20岁青年赛福拉·穆萨莱特：他在2025年7月前往辛吉尔村探望家人时，被以色列定居者殴打致死。他的家人称，定居者包围了他超过三个小时，并在试图保护他们土地的过程中阻挠救护车前来救援。几周后，来自伊利诺伊州西塞罗市的40岁父亲卡米斯·阿亚德在以色列定居者纵火烧毁村庄内的汽车和房屋后，因吸入浓烟而死亡。
The most recent include Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old from Tampa, Florida, who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in July 2025 while visiting family in the village of Sinjil. His family said the settlers surrounded him for more than three hours and blocked an ambulance from reaching him as he tried to protect their land. Weeks later, Khamis Ayyad, a 40-year-old father of five from Cicero, Illinois, died of smoke inhalation after settlers set fire to cars and homes in the village of Silwad.
另外还有两名17岁的美国人——塔维克·阿卜杜勒·贾巴尔和穆罕默德·赫杜尔——分别在2024年初的不同事件中遇害。据范·霍伦介绍，26岁的艾森努尔·埃兹吉·埃伊吉在西雅图长大，她被以色列军队开枪击中头部；14岁的阿梅尔·拉比来自新泽西州，他被枪击了11次。
Two other Americans, both 17, Tawfic Abdel Jabbar and Mohammad Khdour, were shot dead in separate incidents in early 2024. Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old raised in Seattle, was shot in the head by Israeli troops, and Amer Rabee, a 14-year-old from New Jersey, was shot 11 times, according to Van Hollen.
遇难者名单中还包括2022年遇害的记者希琳·阿布·阿克莱，以及那位年迈的奥马尔·阿萨德——他在被以色列士兵捆绑和堵住嘴巴后不幸身亡。
The victim list also includes the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed in 2022, and Omar Assad, an elderly man who died after Israeli soldiers bound and gagged him.
范·霍伦指出，这些事件中无论是以色列政府还是美国政府都未对相关责任人进行任何惩处，并将主要责任归咎于那些继续投票反对这项法案的共和党参议员。
Van Hollen said none of the cases has ended in accountability, from either the Israeli or US government, and he places the blame largely on Republican senators who continue to vote against it.
“如果杀害九名美国人不能成为我们国务院出具报告的理由，我要问我的同事们：那什么才算？”这位马里兰州民主党参议员在参议院发言时说道。“还要有多少美国人被杀害，行政部门才会履行职责？这些家庭理应得到答案。”8月，45名民主党参议员联名致信本雅明·内塔尼亚胡，敦促他采取行动保护约旦河西岸的美国人。
“If the killing of nine Americans does not justify a report from our own state department, I would ask my colleagues: what would?” the Maryland Democrat said in a floor speech. “How many more Americans must be killed before the executive branch does its job? These families deserve answers.”In August, 45 Democratic senators signed a letter to Benjamin Netanyahu urging him to act to protect Americans in the West Bank.
此次投票正值人权组织称定居者暴力不断升级之际。人权观察组织8月报告称，自2023年1月以来，定居者袭击加上定居点的快速扩张，已导致107个巴勒斯坦社区（约5900人）全部或部分流离失所。该组织引用联合国数据显示，2026年前四个月流离失所的巴勒斯坦人数量超过了2025年全年。
The vote comes amid what human rights groups describe as rising settler violence. Human Rights Watch in August reported that settler attacks, together with a rapid expansion of settlements, had fully or partly displaced 107 Palestinian communities, about 5,900 people, since January 2023. The group cited UN figures showing more Palestinians were displaced in the first four months of 2026 than in all of 2025.
联合国3月发布的一份涵盖截至2025年10月前12个月的报告记录了1732起造成人员伤亡或财产损失的定居者袭击事件，并认定以色列的定居点扩张已迫使超过3.6万名巴勒斯坦人离开家园。
A UN report from March covering the 12 months up to October 2025 documented 1,732 settler attacks causing injuries or property damage, and determined that Israel’s settlement expansion had forced more than 36,000 Palestinians from their homes.
许多历史上与以色列立场一致的民主党人，在过去几年中已发生转变。
Many of the Democrats, who have historically been lockstep with Israel, have now shifted over the last few years.
2024年11月，桑德斯首次推动参议院就阻止向以色列出售武器进行投票，当时有18名参议员支持他。随后在今年4月，47名民主党参议员中有40人投票阻止向以色列出售价值2.95亿美元的推土机，桑德斯辩称这些推土机将被用于拆除约旦河西岸、加沙和黎巴嫩的房屋。另有36人投票阻止向以色列出售价值1.52亿美元的1000磅炸弹。这些议案均告失败，因为所有共和党参议员都投了反对票。
When Sanders first forced a Senate vote on blocking arms sales to Israel in November 2024, 18 senators backed him. Then, in April this year, 40 of the 47 Democrats voted to block a $295m sale of bulldozers to Israel, which Sanders argued would be used to demolish homes in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. Another 36 voted to block a $152m sale of 1,000-pound bombs. The measures failed because every Republican voted against it.