{"id":1476915,"date":"2024-02-01T19:59:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/?p=459681"},"modified":"2024-02-01T19:59:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:59:36","slug":"after-historic-ruling-lawyers-vow-to-keep-fighting-biden-over-complicity-in-gaza-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/02\/01\/after-historic-ruling-lawyers-vow-to-keep-fighting-biden-over-complicity-in-gaza-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"After Historic Ruling, Lawyers Vow to Keep Fighting Biden Over Complicity in Gaza Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A federal judge<\/span> declared on Wednesday that Israel is plausibly engaging in genocide in Gaza and implored the Biden administration to reconsider its \u201cunflagging support\u201d for Israel\u2019s attacks on Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The comments came in a ruling in response to a lawsuit<\/a> that accused President Joe Biden and senior administration officials of complicity in and failure to prevent Israel\u2019s genocidal acts, as required by both international and U.S. law. The Center for Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit legal organization, filed the lawsuit<\/a> on behalf of two Palestinian human rights organizations and Palestinians in Gaza and in the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The judge, Jeffrey S. White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, dismissed the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds \u2014citing legal doctrine that prevents the judiciary from interfering in matters of foreign policy. But his strong-worded statement is unprecedented, as was his unusual decision to allow more than three hours of testimony from Palestinian plaintiffs during a powerful hearing<\/a> last week, including a doctor calling into court from a Gaza hospital hallway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During that hearing, which took place <\/a>in Oakland just hours after the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled<\/a> that Israel had plausibly engaged in genocide in Gaza, White described the case as the \u201cmost difficult\u201d of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n