Palestine in US Policy

Palestine in US Policy encompasses several subject areas: US support for Israel, US denial of Palestinian rights, US-Palestinian relations, Palestine in US foreign policy, Palestine in domestic policy and electoral politics, media censorship and state repression of speech on Palestine, the role of Palestinian Americans in grassroots organizing and political advocacy, and the Palestine movement as a testing ground of the limits of civil liberties and political freedoms in the United States and beyond.

Protestors surround the White House demanding an end to US support for Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.

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Report Washington Policy Weekly

ACW weekly report on US Middle East policy that tracks and analyzes developments in all three branches of US government

Protestor carries sign that says "Silence is Violence - US Tax $$ Fund Ethnic Cleansing"

Data Visualization Not My Tax Dollars

Not My Tax Dollars is an initiative by the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights that provides information on US military

Video Palestine Activism on US College Campuses: Dissent, Repressive Policies, and Implications

ACW webinar recording. Event description: "After months of protests around the world on and off campuses against Israel’s war on

Israeli soldiers arrest Fawzi al-Juneidi, a Palestinian minor, in Hebron on December 7, 2017. Al-Juneidi is blindfolded and surrounded by a large crowd of nearly two dozen soldiers.

Website No Way to Treat a Child Campaign

Each year, approximately 700 Palestinian children are arrested and tried in Israeli military courts, with the vast majority being subjected

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Smoke in the air from an Israeli air strike on residential high rise buildings in Gaza City on May 12, 2021.

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What the United States Needs to Do Now for Calm in Israel and Palestine

Article by Daoud Kuttab calling on the Biden administration to reassess US policy toward Hamas

Protest sign says "STOP GIVING ISRAEL $3.8 BILLION TO KILL MY PEOPLE." May 2021.

Policy Paper

The Time Has Come for an American Change on Israel

Policy analysis by Imad K. Harb arguing that the Biden administration should end its unconditional

Israeli forces fire on Palestinian protestors at the Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank over Israeli attacks on Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque

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Bringing Assistance to Israel in Line With Rights and U.S. Laws

Article by Josh Ruebner, Salih Booker, and Zaha Hassan argues that US military aid to

Large crowd of Israeli police surveil the Damascus Gate area in the Old City of Jerusalem in April 2021, during a period of heightened state and settler violence against Palestinians.

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Washington Has Enabled Israeli Extremism

Article by Khaled Elgindy contends that US inaction has emboldened Israeli far-right groups like Lehava

Protestors carry signs that say "Defund Israeli Apartheid" and "Palestinian Rights are Human Rights."

Policy Paper

Breaking the Israel-Palestine Status Quo

Policy paper by Zaha Hassan, Daniel Levy, Hallaamal Keir, and Marwan Muasher advocates for a

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the White House lawn as President Bill Clinton looks on for the signing of the First Oslo Accord (1993).

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How We Speak About the Failure of the PLO

Article by Helena Cobban critiques prevailing narratives surrounding the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), asserting that

Book

Biden and The Middle East: A Challenging Road Ahead

Edited volume published by Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) at the start of the Biden

Book

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Book by Marc Lamont Hill and Michael Plitnick examines why Palestine remains an exception to

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Boycott (Documentary)

Documentary by Julia Bacha follows three Americans who file lawsuits against their state governments in

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The Lobby USA

Documentary by James Kleinfeld based on undercover reporting from pro-Israel organizations in the US. It

Members of Palestinian National Security Forces equipped with riot gear block off a street during a protest in Bethlehem.

Policy Paper

Ending Palestinian-Israeli Coordination Is Hard to Do

Article by Jonathan Kuttab examines the difficulties faced by the Palestinian Authority in ending coordination

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Annexation Update: Internal Israeli Dynamics

Executive Director Khalil E. Jahshan hosted a virtual briefing with Dr. Honaida Ghanim, General Director

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