An Egyptian immigrant who had overstayed his visa in the US and was angry with Israel’s killings in Gaza was last week arrested and charged with a hate crime after he threw firebombs at a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado.

Since its creation in 1948, Israel has enjoyed almost ironclad support from the US, particularly its politicians and, more importantly, from the American people themselves.

Ever since university protests began in response to Israel’s indiscriminate bombings of civilian targets in Gaza, the pro-Israel movement in America has ratcheted up its long-running campaign to demonize Palestinians.

Palm Sunday last week marked the start of the religious holiday during which Christians contemplate the promise of hope and redemption offered by the death and resurrection of Jesus, concepts central to their faith.

The driving force behind nearly every major conflict in the Arab and Muslim worlds, from Syria to Iraq and Afghanistan to Sudan, has been or is US foreign policy, in conjunction with individual American allies.

Arab Americans have been lobbying for years to be treated the same as other minority and racial groups when it comes to receiving benefits both nationally and at state level.