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US judge dismisses case accusing Biden administration of ‘complicity’ in Gaza ‘genocide’
1 February 2024 06:55 GMT
A civil case accusing US President Joe Biden and other senior administration officials of being complicit in Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza has been dismissed by a US federal court judge on jurisdiction grounds rather than on the merits of the case.
Judge Jeffrey S White, however, did “implore” the defendants to examine their role in the war on Gaza.
Here is what the judge said:
- “There are rare cases in which the preferred outcome is inaccessible to the court. This is one of those cases.”
- “The court is bound by precedent and the division of our coordinate branches of government to abstain from exercising jurisdiction in this matter.”
- “Yet, as the ICJ has found, it is plausible that Israel’s conduct amounts to genocide.”
- “This court implores defendants to examine the results of their unflagging support of the military siege against the Palestinians in Gaza.”