Two CA House Dems Sued For Supporting Israel’s War Against Hamas

 Two Congressional California Democrat House members are being targeted by anti-Israel groups after they voted for $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel last April.

Some residents of Northern California have filed a lawsuit targeting Democrat Reps. Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman, alleging the plaintiffs caused “moral and emotional/psychic injury” to taxpayers by their vote. The lawsuit attempts to bar the two congressmen from approving future military aid to Israel.

Last January, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of Oakland, who in 2012 ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act,  dismissed a lawsuit by anti-Israel forces who wanted to force the Biden administration to withdraw support for Israel’s war against Hamas. But he also contended, “It is plausible that Israel’s conduct amounts to genocide,” and declared that Israel’s efforts were “intended to eradicate a whole people and therefore plausibly falls within the international prohibition against genocide.”

Last month, a courageous woman from Kenya who serves as the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide was fired after she stood up to the Israel-haters in the U.N. and refused to declare that Israel has committed “genocide” in its war against Hamas, according to The Wall Street Journal.

“Alice Nderitu said Israel’s campaign in Gaza doesn’t meet the definition of genocide. She was fired,” The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote. “On Wednesday the U.N. will refuse to renew the contract of Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the Kenyan who is the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide.”

“As a legal matter, establishing a pattern of violence as a genocide requires demonstrating intent,” WSJ explained, adding, “Israel’s campaign of self-defense doesn’t qualify. The war against Hamas has had many deaths, but Israel’s strategy is intended to dismantle a terrorist regime, not eliminate an ethnic group. The Jewish state has gone to great lengths to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties, even as Hamas uses civilians as shields so their deaths can be used as propaganda.”

 

Within weeks after the Hamas massacre of more than 1200 Israelis, Thompson issued a statement in which he said, “Israel has a right to defend itself and its people from terrorism like we saw on October 7, but they must do so while prioritizing the safety of civilians. President Biden is correct in reminding Israel that its military response must respect international law. Notwithstanding Hamas’ well-documented strategy of using innocent Palestinians as human shields, every effort must be made to minimize non-combatant civilian casualties and avoid any form of collective punishment.”

Thompson’s office also has issued a statement apparently designed to pacify anti-Israel forces, saying, “Congressman Thompson understands that it has been the civilian population that has paid the cost of Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and he remains gravely concerned about the scale of civilian loss in this war. That’s why he has advocated and continues to advocate for the Biden Administration to work with the State Department and our allies to help secure a negotiated bilateral ceasefire, the immediate release of all hostages, and the establishment of a two-state solution to ensure peace and self-determination for the Palestinian and Israeli people.”