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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The War between Biden and Netanyahu

In this short video, Khalil E. Jahshan discusses President Biden's sharp criticism of Prime Minister

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An Insider’s View on US Weapons Sales to Israel

Josh Paul and Yousef Munayyer discuss US weapons sales to Israel during the war on

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Defunding UNRWA in Congress

In this short video, Ethan Mayer-Rich discusses how Congress is authorizing aid to Ukraine and

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Biden’s State of the Union Remarks on Gaza

Infographic featuring key quotes from President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address on March

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109 Members of Congress Have Called for a Ceasefire in Gaza

Infographic tracking US congresspeople who publically called for a ceasefire in Gaza from October 2023

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Israel’s Campaign Against UNRWA

In this short video, Khalil E. Jahshan discusses Israel's campaign against UNRWA and its implications

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The Regional Escalation of the Gaza War and the US Response

ACW webinar recording. Description: "The October 7 attack by Hamas and other Palestinian factions on

Mobile missile launcher unit of the Israeli military's iron dome system.

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Congress Works to Give More Aid to Israel, None for UNRWA

Article by Ethan Mayer-Rich addresses the Senate vote on national security supplemental package (H.R.815) for

Israeli merkava tanks mobilized near the Gaza border, soldiers stand near and on the tanks. Image is from Israel's 2014 war on Gaza.

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The Biden Administration’s Confused Response to Israel’s Rafah Operation

Article by Hanna Alshaikh analyzes the Biden administration's mixed messaging on Israel's plans to invade

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Blinken's Middle East regional tour during Israel's genocide in Gaza. February 2024.

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Shockwaves in the Global Order

Article by Helena Cobban examines how Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has disrupted the US-led

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The Biden-Netanyahu Rift over Rafah

In this short video, Khalil E. Jahshan discusses President Biden's response to the impending Israeli

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Arab Public Opinion of the Gaza War and US Policy

ACW event recording. Description: "Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) and Arab Center for Research and

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