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US President Biden sued for ‘complicity’ in Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Demonstrators, including one carrying a placard that reads 'Biden Enables Genocide', take part in a protest in support of Palestinians in Boston, Massachusetts, October 16, 2023 [Brian Snyder/Reuters]

The president of the United States and two of his cabinet members are being sued for failing to prevent and aiding and abetting “genocide” in Gaza.

A federal complaint (PDF), filed on Monday against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, accuses them of “failure to prevent and complicity in the Israeli government’s unfolding genocide”.

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