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'''Unity of Fields''', formerly known as '''Palestine Action US''', is an American Palestinian solidarity organization. It began as the United States branch of [[Palestine Action]], a pro-Palestinian protest network targeting Israeli weapons manufacturers in the United Kingdom. Its earliest known activities began in February 2023, and it began protests in October following the outbreak of the [[Gaza war]]. Similar to Palestine Action, the group led a global campaign against Israel-based defense electronics company [[Elbit Systems]].<ref name="IP">{{cite news |last1=McHardy |first1=Martha |date=31 October 2023 |title=Pro-Palestine activists claim to have shut down Boston arms company that supplies Israel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elbit-systems-protest-boston-palestine-b2438583.html |access-date=22 November 2023 |newspaper=The Independent}}</ref><ref name="HS" />
In 2024, the group changed its name to Unity of Fields and announced that it would change its focus to actively spreading “militant propaganda” against the United States. It was subsequently suspended from some social media platforms.<ref name="i610" />
== Background ==
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The network's earliest known activities began in May 2023, when the group supported an event in the [[United States House of Representatives|US House]] about the [[Nakba]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gans |first1=Jared |title=McCarthy attempts to block Tlaib's event marking 'catastrophe' of Israel's establishment |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3998649-mccarthy-blocks-tlaibs-event-marking-catastrophe-of-israels-establishment/ |website=thehill.com |date=10 May 2023 |publisher=The Hill |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref>
The network began identifying itself as "Unity of Fields" in August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unity of Fields: Opening Up a New Front |url=https://unityoffields.net/unity-of-fields-opening-up-a-new-front/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=unityoffields.net}}</ref> Its present name references the strategic cooperation of disparate factions against Israel, i.e. [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad|Palestinian Islamic Jihad's]] support of [[Hamas]] since October 7th.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Phrases “Unity of Fields [of Battle]”, “Unity of Fronts” or “Axis of Resistance”: Between Slogan and Reality |url=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654679 |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=Institute for Palestine Studies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jisr Collective: Unity of the Fields |url=https://unityoffields.net/jisr-collective-unity-of-the-fields/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=unityoffields.net}}</ref>
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