Eleven Democratic senators, led by Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), called on congressional leadership to remove three measures from the annual defense legislation that would expand US military and intelligence cooperation with Israel, pointing to its operations in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and throughout the region.

Eleven Democratic senators, led by Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), called on congressional leadership to remove three measures from the annual defense legislation that would expand US military and intelligence cooperation with Israel, pointing to its operations in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and throughout the region.