"NEXT WEEK, LAWYERS from the Center for Constitutional Rights will test the principles of the judicial branch of the U.S. government as they present arguments in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Palestinians in Gaza charging that Biden, Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin violated U.S. and international law. One of the laws Biden and his underlings are accused of violating was actually sponsored by then-Sen. Biden in 1988, which officially made U.S. law consistent with the obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention, imposing criminal penalties for committing, assisting, or inciting genocide. The suit charges 'that these U.S. officials have failed to prevent genocide and are aiding and abetting genocide.' Similar to South Africa’s requests at The Hague, the U.S. lawyers are asking a federal court in California to 'order an end to U.S. military and diplomatic support to Israel' while the case is being adjudicated."
'The Biden administration knows what the law is internationally and it knows what the law is domestically,' said Katherine Gallagher, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and one of the lead attorneys litigating the suit. In an interview, she pointed to volumes of U.S. statements and legal assertions addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including filings submitted to the International Court of Justice in support of prosecuting Russia, and argued those apply to the war against Gaza. 'When the victims are Palestinian and the perpetrators are Israeli, we see the United States do a 180 and absolutely ignore its obligations to not provide the means by which a genocide is being carried out.'”
~ Jeremy Scahill
https://theintercept.com/2024/01/17/biden-gaza-genocide-israel-aid/
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