Genocide Case – Northern California
202402-01 US Judge Rejects US Complicity Case on Technical Grounds A federal judge in Oakland, California, dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that aimed to stop the U.S. from aiding Israel’s catastrophic assault on the Gaza Strip — but also offered sharp criticism of the Biden administration’s unwavering support for the war.
U.S. Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California ruled that the suit brought by Palestinian rights organizations and individuals in both the U.S. and Gaza falls “outside the court’s limited jurisdiction” and must be rejected on technical grounds.
White described the case as a rare instance “in which the preferred outcome is inaccessible to the court,” but notably pointed to the International Court of Justice’s finding that South Africa’s genocide case against Israel is “plausible” and suggested the U.S. government should reconsider its role in supporting the assault on Gaza.
“Both the uncontroverted testimony of the plaintiffs and the expert opinion proffered at the hearing on these motions as well as statements made by various officers of the Israeli government indicate that the ongoing military siege in Gaza is intended to eradicate a whole people and therefore plausibly falls within the international prohibition against genocide,” White wrote. “It is every individual’s obligation to confront the current siege in Gaza, but it is also this court’s obligation to remain within the metes and bounds of its jurisdictional scope,” he continued. “This court implores defendants to examine the results of their unflagging support of the military siege against the Palestinians in Gaza.” https://consortiumnews.com/2024/02/01/us-judge-rejects-us-complicity-case-on-technical-grounds/
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