(Washington Post) Liz Goodwin - Senators overwhelmingly rejected a resolution Tuesday that would have forced the Biden administration to look into potential human rights abuses perpetrated by Israel in its military campaign in Gaza. Just 11 senators supported moving to a vote on the resolution, while 72 voted to table the matter, a sign of the body's unflagging support for Israel. The resolution faced staunch opposition from the Biden administration, congressional Republicans and most Democrats, who raised concerns about the message the vote would send to its ally. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) called the vote "a gift to Hamas, a gift to Iran...an indictment against Israel." National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, "We do not believe that this resolution is the right vehicle to address these issues. And we don't think now is the right time."
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