As the Israeli military’s largest assault on the West Bank in decades continued into its second week, U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said the “writing is on the wall.”
The administration didn’t dispute there’s an ongoing genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn. But the three-judge appeals panel appeared unmoved by the plaintiffs’ contentions the Biden administration is complicit in Israel’s genocide.
While welcoming the news, the head of Defense for Children International-Palestine said that “each day that passes without an end to Israel’s genocidal campaign results in catastrophe for Palestinian children in Gaza.”
Biden, Blinken and Austin are being named in court — as well as in the streets around the world — for their unwavering and illegal support of Israeli genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn.
The latest tally by the Defense for Children International–Palestine comes as Israel continues a relentless bombing campaign and an unlawful total blockade of the Gaza Strip.
U.S.-based social justice groups tell Antony Blinken that smearing human-rights promotion as “terrorist” is a well-worn tactic of authoritarian regimes.