Pair of Senate Democrats charge Israel with ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinians

A brace of Senate Democrats are accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of overseeing a run of “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians, raising urgent alarm arsenic Israel begins its takeover of Gaza City and threatens to annex parts of the West Bank. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oreg.) said they came to their…