...[Center for Constituation Rights] sought an emergency injunction to stop the Biden administration from aiding the Israeli assault and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held a hearing last month. While Judge Jeffrey White ruled that the suit falls "outside the court's limited jurisdiction" and must be dismissed, he also found that Israel's military campaign "plausibly" amounts to genocide, echoing a recent conclusion at the International Court of Justice, where a case is ongoing.

"Since the filing of this lawsuit in November, the death toll in Gaza has nearly tripled, and all the while, the United States has continued to accelerate Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people of Gaza with its unconditional material, financial, and diplomatic assistance and cover," Sadaf Doost, an attorney and Bertha Justice fellow at CCR, noted in a statement Wednesday...

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