Rais Joe Biden awa rais wa kwanza katika historia ya Marekani kufunguliwa kesi ya uhusika wa mauaji ya Kimbari.
Hii inatokana na msaada wa silaha na kiintelijensia na kushindwa kwake kuchukua hatua stahiki zilizomo katika uwezo wake kuzuia mauaji ya kimbari huko Gaza.
Kesi hiyo imefunguliwa na watetezi wa haki za binadamu huko Oakland Calfornia Marekani.
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Biden makes history: 1st sitting US president sued for complicity in genocide
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Joe Biden sears his name in history by becoming the first sitting American president to be sued for complicity in genocide over the United States' abetment in the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
The first hearing in the case was being held at the federal courthouse in Oakland, California on Friday.
Human rights bodies and Palestinian US citizens are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was lodged by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a New York-based legal advocacy organization, in mid-November.
The CCR filed the lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Omar Al-Najjar, a physician at Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, as well as Palestinian human rights groups Defense for Children International – Palestine and al-Haq.
The lawsuit also names US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The Israeli regime has been waging war against Gaza since October 7, 2023, following an operation carried out by the Palestinian territory's resistance groups.
More than 26,000 Palestinians, some 70 percent of whom are women, children, and adolescents, have been killed in the brutal onslaught so far, while upwards of 64,100 others have been injured.
The United States has been providing the war with all-out military and political support. It has armed the regime with more than 10,000 tons of military hardware, and blocked ratification of all United Nations Security Council resolutions that have called for cessation of the Israeli aggression.