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[M]ore than 90 lawyers have signed on to a legal letter alleging Israel's conduct in Gaza violates U.S. and international law.
A coalition of lawyers domestic and abroad — including at least 20 that work in the Biden administration — are calling on President Joe Biden to halt military aid to Israel, arguing that its actions in Gaza do not comply with U.S. and international humanitarian law.
They plan to send a letter arguing their case to Attorney General Merrick Garland and general counsels across the administration in the coming days. In the letter, obtained by POLITICO, the lawyers contend that Israel likely violated U.S. statutes including the Arms Export Control Act and Leahy Laws as well as the Geneva Conventions prohibiting disproportionate attacks on civilian populations.
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Over the weekend, Reuters reported that some senior U.S. officials told Secretary of State Antony Blinken in an internal memo that they doubt the credibility of Israel's assurances on the use of U.S. supplied weapons in line with international law. And in February, more than 800 officials in the U.S. and abroad signed an open letter of dissent over their government's support for Israel's war in Gaza.
The lawyers argue that civil servants have a duty to give advice free from improper political direction, and cite indiscriminate bombardment of the besieged enclave resulting in high civilian casualties, the strikes on aid convoys and bombings of schools and hospitals as examples of violations.
"The law is clear and aligned with the majority of Americans who believe the U.S. should cease arms shipments to Israel until it stops its military operation in Gaza," the letter states, citing polling showing most Biden supporters want an arms embargo imposed.
The letter additionally calls for the Justice Department to investigate whether any U.S. citizens serving in the Israeli military may have committed war crimes that could be prosecuted under U.S. law.
Tariq Marzbaan and Nora Hoppe interview Professor Karaganov from Russia's leading public foreign policy organisation, conversing with him on an array of issues, including Western escalation against Russia, the war in Ukraine, colonialism, and the genocide in Gaza.It is clear that the Anglo-Saxon industrial-military-media complex, with the help of its vassals, intends to preserve its global hegemony and its colonialist conquests at all costs. The Hegemon cannot accept the paradigm shift of an emerging Multipolar World. Any discussion of peace, diplomacy, or negotiations regarding the wars it has started is out of the question. Western populations, whose minds are contaminated with neoliberalism and Russophobia, are currently terrified of an "imminent Russian invasion"... Mass delirium is preventing REASON from returning to the West. How can the rest of the world cope with this madness? And what can the rest of the world hope for?
Comment:
1) Here is some history for Macron's latest statements:
And in that connection, most interesting, Conservative British MP, Andrew Bridgen, said in an interview the UK is basically at war with Russia, but that Rishi Sunak does not want to be a wartime PM, and that the UK Government does not want to tell the public until later in the year, July, August, maybe later.
3) If Macron knows, and basically agrees, with what Andrew Bridgen says, how would he brake it to the French people? Would he keep rambling about "troops on the ground" and "hope nots" as he does? Or is he playing a different game and making excuses to build up an army not to fight Russia, but the US considering: Being a US 'ally' means silently watching your own destruction and hoping France will come out on top with him as the leader of Western Europe? We can only guess, wait, and see. For now, Macron would probably like to see the PR stunt at the Olympics in France get squeezed in before. Regarding "French interests" in Ukraine see: France will likely seek to secure Ukraine's Black Sea coast if it conventionally intervenes