A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by Palestinian Americans who sought to force the White House to withdraw support for Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, as was widely expected based on constitutional precedent that only the political branches of U.S. government could determine foreign policy.

But, unexpectedly, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White indicated that he would have preferred to have issued the injunction were he not limited by the Constitution, and he implored the Biden administration to “examine the results of their unflagging support” of Israel.

The determination came five days after a hearing in Oakland, Calif., in which Judge White allowed the head of a humanitarian group, a medical intern and three Palestinian Americans with relatives in Gaza to tell the court that their loved ones were being slaughtered. They alleged that the U.S. government has underwritten a genocide by backing Israel’s military response to the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas.

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    10 months ago

    complain to the Israelis about their behavior, not me… in the meantime, i will get the Iranians out of my politics one way or another… it won’t be too tough, they’re really fucking stupid… the Chinese too, but they actually believe they’re clever…

    write a letter to Netanyahu about his troops… you complain to the US because you expect us to fix everything… we are trying to prevent WW3…

    Israeli fascists are responsible for their own behavior, and they will answer for it in time

    screaming like babies at the President of the United States is stupid, and disingenuous… it’s a calculated, directed intelligence operation…