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Behind the Aegis

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Sat Jan 27, 2024, 04:16 AM Jan 2024

Palestinians testify in federal court against Biden's 'complicity' in genocide [View all]

Source: The Independent

Dr Omar Al-Najjar called into a federal courtroom in Oakland, California from an administrative building at a hospital in Rafah, the only room where he could get an internet connection.

Sitting on the floor in his scrubs, the doctor testified by video, explaining how his family in Gaza was repeatedly violently displaced under Israeli bombardments, enduring random bursts of gunfire and rockets.

At the hospital in Rafah, thousands of patients arriving daily lack adequate care, he said on Friday. There is severe dehydration and hunger. Patients with chronic diseases don’t have the medication they need.

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Dr Al-Najjar was the first among several Palestinians testifying in an unprecedented case against President Joe Biden, who is being sued by a group of American Palestinians and aid groups accusing him of failing to prevent genocide in Gaza under obligations to international and federal law.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/palestinians-testify-in-federal-court-against-biden-s-complicity-in-genocide/ar-BB1hkpgH?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=33de6c78ffdb4591a08dc9226e2c250e&ei=61

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