A growing number of Americans are donning the keffiyeh, the distinctive patterned scarf that’s a symbol of Palestinian identity, to demand a ceasefire to Israel’s indiscriminate bombing in Gaza, or to signal their support for the Palestinian cause. Sales of the scarves have jumped since the Israel’s brutal war on the territory began in October, US distributors say, even as keffiyehs have been forcibly removed by security forces at some protests and wearers report being targeted for verbal and physical abuse. “It was like a light switch. All of a sudden, we had hundreds of people on the website…