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The US Senate on Tuesday rejected a resolution put forward by Senator Bernie Sanders that would have forced the State Department to produce a report on whether Israel is committing human rights violations in the Palestinian enclave. In its first vote on Israel’s war on Gaza, which has lasted more than three months and killed over 24,000 people, the senate voted 72-11 against the resolution. Among the 11 that backed the measure were Republican senator Rand Paul and Democrats including Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, Peter Welch. Introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders, the resolution aimed to …