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Palestinians testify in federal court against Biden’s ‘complicity’ in genocide

Source: REUTERS

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.

His dreams and plans “are lost,” he said. “I have nothing left but my grief … They weakened us for years and continued to unleash bullets and missiles on our lifeless bodies.”

Dr Al-Najjar testifying in an against President , who is by a group of American Palestinians and aid groups accusing him of failing to prevent in Gaza under obligations to international and federal law.

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