Lawyers at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have written to US attorney general Merrick Garland, urging him to investigate Israel for potential war crimes in Gaza as well as the killings of American citizens in the West Bank.
“US courts have jurisdiction over the more than 23,000 US citizens currently serving in Israel’s armed forces, along with IDF members or other Israeli officials that travel to the United States,” the unnamed lawyers wrote to Garland, as revealed by Zeteo on Monday.
The DOJ has investigated and brought about sanctions on Russia for the war in Ukraine, and the Palestinian group Hamas, but it has yet to do the same when it comes to Israel and its war on Gaza - which was pointed out by the authors of the letter.
The DOJ, they added, “has appropriately demonstrated its commitment to upholding the rule of law in the midst of ongoing geopolitical conflicts”, but that “against the backdrop of numerous potential violations of US law by individuals and entities affiliated with Israel, the Department’s silence and apparent inaction is a stark omission”.
No need. If there’s anything Garland is good at, it’s ignoring injustice. He’s the quintessential Clintonite Centrist (and a couple other words that also start with c) Attorney General.