Palestinian Americans in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya (a town northeast of Ramallah with a large diaspora community holding US citizenship) have begun displaying American flags on their homes, hoping the gesture will deter Israeli military incursions and settler violence, and prompt faster intervention from the US Embassy. The initiative's organiser, Yasser al-Kahla, cited a concrete example in which the Israeli military vacated a flag-bearing home within hours of residents contacting the embassy, contrasting it with a neighbouring property that lacked a flag and faced a longer occupation. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, who visited the area following the campaign, acknowledged residents faced intimidation he described as terrorism, though some participants worry the tactic could backfire by embarrassing the Israeli government and provoking stronger retaliation — a concern al-Kahla himself downplays.