Biden genocide case goes before appeals court as Palestinians fight to end flow of weapons to Israel
A case accusing the Biden administration of aiding and abetting a genocide committed by Israel in Gaza went before an appeals court in San Francisco on Monday. A historic case accusing President Joe Biden and his administration of aiding and abetting a genocide committed by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza is before a federal appeals court in San Francisco. The Center for Constitutional Rights' Katherine Gallagher, representing the group, has asked judges to stop the flow of US weapons used to kill Gaza civilians. The complaint accuses Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin of violating legal responsibilities under the 1948 Genocide Convention, which the US is a signatory. Initial ruling by Judge Jeffrey White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California supported the plaintiffs, but he dismissed the suit on the basis it asked the court to resolve a political matter reserved for the executive branch.
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San Francisco, California - A historic case accusing President Joe Biden and his administration of aiding and abetting a genocide committed by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza went before a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Monday.
Arguing on behalf of Defense of Children International-Palestine, as well as Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans who have lost family members in Israel's brutal assault, the Center for Constitutional Rights' Katherine Gallagher asked a panel of three judges to stop the flow of US weapons used to kill Gaza civilians in their tens of thousands.
With over 37,000 dead, famine setting in, and conditions of life being plunged to intolerable depths, there is a that Israel may be committing genocide in the territory it has besieged for some 17 years. The complaint accuses Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin of violating legal responsibilities under the 1948 Genocide Convention, of which the US is a signatory.
In an initial ruling, Judge Jeffrey White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California agreed with the plaintiffs, who gave heart-rending testimony in January, as well as their supporting experts, that "the ongoing military siege in Gaza is intended to eradicate a whole people and therefore plausibly falls within the international prohibition against genocide."
Reluctantly however, he dismissed the suit on the basis that it asked the court to resolve a political matter reserved for the executive branch of the US government.
Since then, over 130 human rights organizations have come out to back the case.