3/3 Now in its 7th month, Israel’s genocide w/ full US-backing & cover has killed 33,200+ Palestinians, injured 75,900+, displaced 1.7 million & damaged or destroyed 290,800+ housing units. We will see the govt in court again on June 10.
More here: bit.ly/DCIPvBiden

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Dr. Al-Najjar is one of several Palestinian plaintiffs, along with two Palestinian human rights orgs, who brought suit against President Biden & secretaries Blinken & Austin for aiding & abetting Israel's genocide in Gaza.

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On Eid we received devastating images & videos from our Gaza-based client Dr. Omar Al-Najjar. His neighborhood in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza was decimated. He was unable to reach his home as Israeli forces fire at anyone approaching his street, despite withdrawing days ago.

…. Wait til you hear about how he’s failed to stop sending weapons & support to genocide, even after a federal court judge AND the ICJ found that there is a plausible case that a genocide is unfolding. This impunity is long-standing & the guardrails are failing.

On Thursday, CJA filed an #amicusbrief in The CCR’s historic case against USG re: #Gaza outlining the U.S. responsibility to provide a judicial remedy for #genocide under int’l law. Read in full ⬇️

ccrjustice.org/sites/default/…

In our case DCIP v. Biden, constitutional and international law scholars, ex-diplomats, service members, intelligence officers, and human rights organizations, — including 139 NGOs from around the world — are backing Palestinians’ appeal of the January 31 decision to dismiss.

BREAKING: Joe Biden begins tonight's #StateOfTheUnion an impassioned call for governments to take serious action to prevent genocide.

Oops, this was 2011.

For Prism, I spoke with Ahmad Abuznaid (@USCPR_), Diala Shamas, Palestinian Youth Movement, and National Students for Justice in Palestine about a new report released by Palestine Legal & The CCR on the weaponization of U.S. anti-terrorism laws against Palestinians.
prismreports.org/2024/03/07/us-…

A pier off of Gaza while still offering unflagging support for the Israeli assault and siege that said pier is working around is, in addition to self-contradictory and an insult to voters’ intelligence, cruel and a waste of resources.

This was one of the most difficult pieces I have written. But also, strangely cathartic. الله يرحمك يا خالتي ام هاني

BREAKING: Nicaragua files application against Germany at the ICJ for aiding the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza by providing political, financial, and military support to Israel.

Excellent interview with Palestine Legal's Dima Khalidi and
darryl li, who authored the join Pal Legal/ The CCR report

'Anti-Palestinian animus is one of the most enduring areas of bipartisan appeal in Washington.' - Darryl Li

You can read the full report here: ccrjustice.org/anti-palestini…

A new report from Palestine Legal and The CCR outlines how, decades ago, U.S. terror laws were shaped by a distinctly anti-Palestinian agenda and often promoted by pro-Israel organizations. theintercept.com/2024/02/21/adl…

This creepy pattern of Israeli soldiers attempting to sex shame the women of Gaza that they displaced and possibly maimed or killed has received almost no media coverage.

👇🏼 … despite a US federal court finding that there’s a plausible case that Israel is committing genocide and urging the US officials to re-examine their “unflagging” support for those genocidal acts. This isn’t going to go well for many U.S. officials, either short or long term.

In this roundtable, scholars Noura Erakat, John Reynolds, samera esmeir سامرة اسمير, Richard Falk, Ardi Imseis, Usha Natarajan, Vasuki Nesiah, Munir Nuseibah, and Diala Shamas discuss the place of Palestine in Third World Approaches to International Law scholarship. doi.org/10.1080/037791…

This is why accusations of support for terrorism has been the tool of choice by Israel/ its supporters in the long-standing efforts to defund and isolate Palestinians’ civil society orgs, political orgs, or humanitarian aid. Upon closer review, they crumble, but damage is done.

Happening on Monday - Finally Palestinian and Arab led critical discussion on the ICJ decision, ways forward for Palestine and IL with my favourite humans Maha Abdallah مها عبدالله that fresh jus ⚖️🍉 TWAIL Review twailr.com/the-icj-decisi…