The ICJ, Biden Lawsuit and Conditioning U.S. Military Funding to Israel

Our first briefing – “The ICJ, Biden Lawsuit and Conditioning U.S. Military Funding to Israel” – is co-sponsored by the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), +972 Magazine and Jewish Currents and will take place Tuesday, January 30 at 10:00 am ET. A panel of experts will unpack legal efforts to hold Israel to account for human rights violations in Gaza and explore the latest efforts on Capitol Hill to condition U.S. military funding to Israel.

You can register for the event here.

The briefing comes after a pivotal week in ongoing efforts to halt Israel’s destruction of Gaza and its people. Tomorrow, the ICJ is scheduled to respond to South Africa’s request for provisional measures in its case against Israel. Meanwhile, in a courtroom on the other side of the Atlantic, plaintiffs will testify before a U.S. federal court in the case of Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden, a lawsuit against senior Biden administration officials for their failure to prevent, and for their complicity in, the Israeli government’s unfolding genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

I look forward to moderating the briefing with our speakers, who include:

• Chantal Meloni, a criminal lawyer and professor at the Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, Italy who represents victims in Palestine before the International Criminal Court. She is a senior legal advisor to the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights for the program International Crimes and Accountability.

• Diala Shamas, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is representing the plaintiffs in Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden.

• Matt Duss, executive vice-president at the Center for International Policy and former foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders.

• Amjad Iraqi, a senior editor at +972 Magazine and policy member of the think tank Al-Shabaka.

Please join us on Tuesday, January 30, from 10:00-11:00 am ET. Click here to register. The briefing will be on-the-record and conducted virtually. A Zoom link will be provided upon registration.