Army Injures A Palestinian In Nablus
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with local youths before wounding…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Including Two Siblings, in Bethlehem
BethlehemIsraeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Bethlehem city, in addition to Teqoua’ and Husan nearby towns, searched several homes and abducted five Palestinians, including two siblings, one of them only 16 years…
Palestine Today 05 16 2017
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, May, 16, 2017. Troops attack solidarity protest with the hunger…
Israeli Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest, Abduct Two, Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers used excessive force, Tuesday, against nonviolent Palestinian protesters, marching in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees in Israeli prisons, and abducted two Palestinians, including a journalist. The procession…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire At Palestinian Lands In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Tuesday morning, into Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources in Khan Younis said…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 17 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least seventeen Palestinians, from various parts of the occupied West Bank, and confiscated large sums of cash. The army said it also…
Nakba at 69: Statement by the Global Palestinian Refugee and IDP Network
International Protection to Stop the Ongoing Nakba is Long Overdue – BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights The Nakba is ongoing, not only through policies of ongoing displacement…
Gaza in Crisis: Health Sector in Danger
Head of the Health and Environmental sector in Gaza’s administrative committee, Basem Naeem, stated Sunday that the banning the entry of medicine, milk for children and cuts to the salaries of…
Palestinian Circus Trainer Mohammed Abu Sakha on Hunger Strike for 29 Days; Freedom on Horizon as Detention Limited
Palestinian circus performer Mohammed Abu Sakha has now been on hunger strike for 29 days as part of the Strike of Dignity and Freedom. Abu Sakha, who has been held…
‘Volunteer’ Israeli Police Officer Sentenced to 7 Months for Killing Young Palestinian in 2013
A court in the norther Israeli city of Kfar Saba, to the south of Haifa, sentenced a “volunteer” of the Israeli border force to seven months in prison for killing…
200 New Settlement Units Approved near Jerusalem
Israeli authorities, on Monday, approved the construction of over 200 new units in the ultra-orthodox Kochav Yaakov settlement, near Jerusalem, PNN reports. The move comes a week before US President…
Palestinian Fisherman Killed By Israeli Navy Fire In Gaza
Medical sources in Gaza have confirmed that a Palestinian fisherman died, on Monday evening, from wounds he suffered during morning hours, after Israeli navy ships opened fire on fishing boats…
Palestine Today 05 15 2017
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, May, 15, 2017. Palestinian fisherman killed by Israeli navy as…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Child Siblings In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted two child siblings from their family’s…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Hebron, Two In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians in Hebron governorate, and two in Bethlehem, after the army invaded several homes and searched them. Mohammad Awad, a media activist…
Israeli Navy Abducts Six Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Monday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, northwest of Gaza city, abducted six fishermen, and confiscated a fishing boat. The navy fired…
Clashes in Jerusalem as Israeli Forces Serve Demolition Orders
Clashes erupted on Sunday, between Palestinians in the al-Matar neighborhood, to the north of occupied Jerusalem, and Israeli soldiers, after the latter stormed the area and handed out notices for the…
BNC: Upholding our Rights, Resisting the Ongoing Nakba
The BDS National Committee (BNC) Commemorates the 69th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba. It is possible… It is possible at least sometimes… It is possible especially now To ride a horse…
Israeli Activists Affirm Solidarity with Hunger Striking Prisoners
Palestinians leaders and activists discuss the prisoners’ movement with members of Tarabut in Hebron city’s solidarity tent. On Saturday, in Hebron city, a delegation of Israeli activists met with leaders…
35 More Palestinian Detainees Join Hunger Strike
35 more Palestinian detainees have reportedly joined the Freedom and Dignity hunger strike, which nearly 1,800 Palestinian detainees have been active in for 28 consecutive days . Officials presiding over the…
VIDEO: Economic Dimensions, Militarized Palestine
Alaa Tartir explains that the Palestinian Economy is unable to grow or develop because the Israeli occupation controls all aspects of the economy. Alaa Tartir is the Program Director of Al-Shabaka:…
Israeli Settler Rams Palestinian Man With Car In Hebron
Medical sources have reported, Sunday, that a Palestinian man suffered moderate wounds, after an Israeli colonist rammed him with his car, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the…
Army Abducts A Palestinian In Tubas
Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Saturday at night, one Palestinian from his home in Ra’s al-Far’a area, south of Tubas, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank. The…
Israeli Soldiers Injure Two Palestinians, Abduct Three, In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West bank city of Jenin, shot and injured two Palestinians, and abducted three others. The soldiers…
Hunger Strike Continues For 28th Day
Approximately 1800 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, continue the “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike, which the 28 days ago, while Israel continues to ignore their legitimate demands and its Prison…
Israeli Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Central Gaza
Israeli soldiers carried out, on Sunday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands, close to the border fence in central Gaza, and uprooted them. Media sources in Gaza said the…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Qalqilia and Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, four Palestinians, including two siblings, from their homes in the West Bank governorates of Qalqilia and Bethlehem. The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian…
Jordan Holds Israel Responsible For The Death Of Its Citizen
The Jordanian Government denounced, Saturday, the death of a Jordanian citizen, in occupied Jerusalem, after he “carried out a stabbing attack targeting Israeli police officers.” Dr. Mohammad Al Momani, Jordan’s…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (04 –10 May 2017)
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of 04 – 10 May 2017. Israeli forces executed a Palestinian girl in occupied Jerusalem, while…
Norway’s Largest Trade Union Federation Endorses Full Boycott of Israel to Advance Palestinian Human Rights
Norway’s Largest Trade Union Federation Endorses Full Boycott of Israel to Advance Palestinian Human Rights (Credit: Ole Palmstrøm) The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), representing close to one million…
South Africans Engage in 24-hour Solidarity Hunger Strike
As the mass hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners continues, several South African politicians, journalists and activists have declared a 24-hour hunger strike between the 14th and 15th of May, in…
Israeli Officer Rams Palestinian Child With Car, Flees The Scene
A Palestinian child was injured, on Saturday evening, after a police officer rammed him with his car, in occupied Jerusalem, and fled the scene. Eyewitnesses said the child was struck…
Israeli Police Kills A Jordanian Man After An Alleged Stabbing Attack In Jerusalem
An Israeli police officer killed, on Saturday afternoon, a Jordanian citizen in the Chains Gate area, in Jerusalem’s Old city, after he reportedly stabbed and wounded a police officer. The…
Israeli Troops Abduct Organizers of Bil’in March in Solidarity With Hunger-Striking Detainees
Dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists marched, Friday, in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, in central West Bank, while calling for national unity, and chanting in…
Israeli Soldiers Killed 309, Palestinians, Including 83 Children, Since October 1, 2015
An updated study by the Al-Quds Center for Israeli and Palestinian Studies, revealed that the number of Palestinians, killed by Israeli fire since October 1, 2015, has arrived to 309…
Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Hebron, Abduct A Man From A Wedding
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while marching in solidarity with the…
Israeli Army Injures 66 Palestinians Near Nablus, Open Fire At Ambulances
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Friday, dozens of Palestinian protesters in Beita town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and Beit Forik town, east of the city, wounding 66…
Army Attacks The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, causing dozens to suffer the effects…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Young Palestinian Man In Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Friday, a young Palestinian man with a live round in the heart, in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, after…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home in Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West…
Israeli Navy Ships Attack Palestinian Fishing Boats In Northern Gaza
Israeli navy ships attacked, Friday, Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. The ships chased the boats and opened live fire…
Bethlehem: Putin Foundation for Culture and Economics Launched
A new complex named after Russian President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated on Thursday, in Bethlehem. Speaking via video conference from Sochi, in Russia, where he is meeting with Putin, President…
FIFA President Hijacks Vote on Israeli Settlements, Continues Violations of FIFA Statutes
Palestinians accuse FIFA President Gianni Infantino of corruption and nepotism after he blocked the Palestinian Football Association’s motion at today’s FIFA Congress. The motion demanded that the Israeli Football Association…
Knesset Approves Prelim Reading of ‘Jewish State’ Bill
The Israeli Knesset approved, on Wednesday, a preliminary reading of bill that considers Israel to be a “Jewish” state and considers the whole of Jerusalem as its capital. The reading…
Hamas Claims Arrest of Fuqaha Assassin
The Hamas movement, on Thursday, said that it has arrested the assassin of one of its top military chiefs, Mazen Fuqaha. The announcement came during a conference in Gaza today, by…
Palestine Today 05 11 2017
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, May, 11, 2017. Palestinian political detainee continues their hunger strike…
Many Palestinians Injured By Army Fire Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, Palestinians marching in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees, near Ramallah city, in central West Bank, and fired rubber-coated bullets at the protesters, wounding at least…
Hunger Striking Detainees Reach Critical Levels, Many Vomiting Blood
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Thursday, that as the detainees continue their hunger strike for the 25th consecutive day, all of them are currently very weak, cannot stand or…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Man In Hebron, Confiscate His Car
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, one Palestinians from the al-Roosh al-Foqa village, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and confiscated his car. The soldiers invaded…
Army Abducts Two Palestinians In Tulkarem
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and Tulkarem refugee camp, searched homes and abducted two young men. Media sources in…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank city of Bethlehem, al-Khader town, south of the city and Wad Rahhal village, east of Bethlehem, and abducted four young…
Palestine Today 05 10 2017
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, May, 10, 2017. Troops invade West Bank communities and detain…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, three young Palestinian men, from Bethlehem governorate, in the occupied West Bank, and summoned one woman for interrogation. The Bethlehem office of the…
Hunger Strike Continues For The 24th Consecutive Day
More than 1700 detainees, held by Israel, continued their open-ended hunger strike for the 24th consecutive day, in several Israeli prisons, while Israeli continues to refuse their legitimate demands. The…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 12 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, twelve Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, including three students of Birzeit University. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported…
Empire Files Rewind: Silencing Palestine – Prison & Repression
Published by Telsur on Apr 11, 2017 Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is an internationally-recognized human rights crime — but those being impacted are harshly punished for not only…
Researching Palestinian Refugees: Who Sets the Agenda?
Overview Only a handful of research articles on Palestinian refugees in Syria could be found until a few years ago. After the uprooting of a significant part of the community…
PLO: Israeli Pressure on FIFA ‘Unprecedented’
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), on Tuesday strongly condemned Israeli government pressure on FIFA to remove, from its agenda, a Palestinian bill describing the pressure as blatant and unprecedented. Husam…
Army Demolishes Structures in Jordan Valley
Israeli authorities demolished four structures in the village of al-Jiftlik, in the occupied West Bank district of Jericho, on Tuesday morning. Residents of the village, which is located in the…
Syria: Palestinian Refugees’ Water Contaminated with Disease
The Working Group for the Palestinians of Syria has confirmed a spread of serious diseases among Palestinian refugees in the southern region of Damascus. According to Al Ray Palestinian Media…
Dublin City & Sligo County Councils to Fly Palestinian Flag, Marking 50 Years of Occupation
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomed today’s announcements that Dublin City Hall will fly the Palestinian flag between 15th May and June, this year, following a vote by Dublin City…
Ali Abunimah: US Democratic Party Out of Step with Their Base on Israel-Palestine
Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada says Democratic politicians, even progressives like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are out of touch with their supporters when it comes to defending Palestinian…
Palestine Today 05 09 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, May, 09, 2017. Troops destroy Palestinian homes in the Jordan…
Israel Blackmails Ailing Detainees; End Your Strike To Get Medical Treatment
The Prison Authority of the Ohali Kidar, one of Israel’s infamous prisons, has been blackmailing the hunger-striking Palestinian detainees who have are ill or have fallen sick, informing them that…
Israeli Authorities Release Fabricated Video to Try to Undermine Palestinian Hunger Strike
The Israeli government on Monday released a video purporting to show the leader of the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike sneaking food in his cell – but the video does not…
Israeli Settlers Write Racist Graffiti on Walls and Cars in Jerusalem
An unknown number of Israeli fanatic extremists infiltrated, on Tuesday at dawn, the as-Sahl neighborhood in Shoafat town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and wrote racist graffiti in Hebrew on…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct At Least Fourteen Palestinians In The Occupied West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, many Palestinian communities in various parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked dozens of homes, in addition to three lathe workshops,…
Palestine Today 05 08 2017
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, May, 08, 2017. Troops kill a Palestinian teenager in the…
Israeli Navy Injures A Palestinian Fisherman In Northern Gaza
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Monday evening, several Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip, wounding a fisherman.…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Man In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the town of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted a 65-year-old man, the father of a Palestinian teen who was…
Israeli Soldiers Injure A Young Man In Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah in central West Bank, and clashed with local youngsters, wounding one with a rubber-coated steel bullet. The soldiers also broke…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Bethlehem, One In Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, a young man in Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, in addition to a child and two siblings…
Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Hebron city, and several nearby communities, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and abducted five Palestinians. The…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, four young Palestinian men in Far’un village, south of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The Tulkarem office of…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until early morning hours Monday, at least five Palestinians during massive invasions and violent searches of homes in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. The…
Israeli police kill 16-year old Palestinian girl in Jerusalem
Updated: On Sunday afternoon, Israeli police shot and killed a 16-year old Palestinian girl near the Damascus gate in Jerusalem. Although the Israeli police spokesperson claimed that the teen attempted…
Life Under Occupation: Excessive Violence of the Israeli Forces
On 13 December 2015, at least nine Palestinian students of the Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie in Tulkarem were shot by soldiers of the Israeli Occupation Forces. About 7,000 students receive their…
PCHR: “Force-Feeding is War Crime and Perpetrators Will be Prosecuted”
News is coming about the Israeli preparations to commit the force-feeding crime against hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, who have been on hunger strike for 20 days. The Israeli media lately…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Young Man, A Child, In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a young Palestinian man in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and a child from his home in occupied East Jerusalem. The…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Palestinian Lands In Central Gaza
Several armored Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded during morning hours, Sunday, Palestinian farmlands, close to the border fence, east of Deir al-Balah, in the central part of the Gaza…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, broke into and violently searched homes, and abducted two young men, before moving them…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct One Palestinian Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, one Palestinian in Doura town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and searched many homes in the town, and in…
Israeli Soldiers Injure Nine Palestinians Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, nine Palestinians marching in solidarity with the hunger striking Palestinian detainees, at Beita junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and…
Qaraqe: “We will Prosecute Any Doctor Who Participates In Force-Feeding The Detainees”
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee Issa Qaraqe stated, Saturday, that the committee will file legal charges against any physician or health professional, regardless of their nationality, who participates…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Father, His Two Sons, In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday evening, a nonviolent procession in support of the hunger striking Palestinian detainees, in the al-Ma’sara village, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and…
Christians Speak to Archbishop of Canterbury about Life in Gaza
Christian residents of the Gaza Strip recently spoke about their daily life to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, during a surprise visit to the coastal enclave. During his visit to the…
Wild Pig Released by Israeli Settlers Attacks Child in West Bank
A wild pig attacked, on Friday night, a 10-year-old child in the town of Yamoun, west of Jenin, causing injury to her hand, according to local sources. According to WAFA,…
Over 170 Sports Clubs in the Occupied West Bank Call on FIFA to Suspend Israel’s Membership
In a letter issued on May 4th, over 170 Palestinian football clubs and sports associations urged FIFA to immediately suspend the Israeli Football Association’s (IFA) membership for its inclusion of…
Officials Call on World Health Organization to Address Force-Feeding of Hunger-striking Detainees
The head of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs (CDA), Issa Qaraqe’, and the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, Qaddoura Fares, called on the World Health Organization to…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Former Political Prisoner Near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, a former Palestinian political prisoner, from Salfit governorate, in northeastern West Bank, after stopping him at a military roadblock, east of Qalqilia, in northern…
Army Injures Three Palestinians, Including One Journalist, In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank governorate of Qalqilia, shot and injured three Palestinians, including a teenager and a…
This Week in Palestine Week 18 2017
Download / Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 29, to May 05, 2017. Ex-Palestinian political detainee…
Many Palestinians Suffer The Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Hebron
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that several Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, during clashes that took place, in Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of the city.…
Israeli Soldiers Shoot Eight Palestinians In Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Friday, eight Palestinians, including five with live fire, and caused scores to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Nabi Saleh village, north of Ramallah,…
Israeli Soldiers Injure Dozens Of Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, hundreds of Palestinians in various parts of the occupied West Bank, , causing dozens of injuries, during processions in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees, held…
Israeli Government May Bring In Foreign Doctors To Force-feed Palestinian Hunger Strikers
As a mass hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners enters its third week, Israeli authorities told reporters that they are considering bringing in foreign doctors to force-feed the prisoners. The decision,…
18th day of hunger strike: More prisoners join mass hunger strike
Press Release – Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association: Palestinian political prisoners entered 18th day of hunger strike, the day that standing may become difficult or even impossible. On…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, two Palestinians, including a teenager, from their homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded and…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Northern Plains
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Bardala village, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and abducted two Palestinian men. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers abducted Aziz Sawafta and Mahmoud…
Palestinian Leader Abbas Meets with Trump, Praising Him (VIDEO)
Abbas flattered U.S. President Donald Trump in an effort to gain favor with him, but Trump offered nothing new in terms of US policy towards Palestinians, says Ali Abunimah of…