Obama backs Israel as more Palestinians are killed

"Thirty-seven Palestinians have been killed since 1 October, and hundreds more have been seriously injured by Israeli forces firing live ammunition at demonstrators." "the UN has never taken any action to rein Israel in. US Secretary of State John Kerry is planning a trip to the region to find ways to “restore calm,” Haaretz reported. That would mean, in practice, restoring a status quo in which the US guarantees Israel’s ability to occupy and colonize Palestinian land undisturbed."