Oregon’s Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley on Thursday introduced a resolution calling on the United States to formally recognize Palestine as a state — the first proposal of its kind to appear in the U.S. Senate, according to The Oregonian. Merkley’s measure, co-sponsored by several other Senate Democrats, asks President Donald Trump to recognize what it calls a “demilitarized Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel.” With Republicans holding the Senate majority and generally skeptical of a...