News24 | US court confirms genocide case against Israel is 'plausible', but says it can't block US weapons

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Judge Jeffrey White implored President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to "to examine the results of their unflagging support of the military siege against the Palestinians in Gaza".

Judge Jeffrey White implored President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to "to examine the results of their unflagging support of the military siege against the Palestinians in Gaza".

A United States district judge has backed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) finding that the Israeli military's treatment of Palestinians in Gaza "may plausibly constitute a genocide" – but said he did not have the power to stop the US' supply of weapons to Israel. 

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