WASHINGTON — Two American families of
Palestinian origin have filed a lawsuit against the
U.S. President Joe Biden's
administration, claiming that the government is making little effort to
evacuate their American relatives stranded in Gaza, unlike what it did for
Israeli dual citizens, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
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Following the Al-Aqsa Storm operation on
October 7, the U.S. government organized charter flights to help its citizens
leave Israel and travel to Europe after many airlines had suspended their
flights to Israel.
The US State Department says it assisted
around 1,300
Americans of Palestinian origin in
leaving Gaza and escaping from
the retaliatory Israeli airstrikes through various means, including
coordinating with Israeli and Egyptian authorities to transport them to Egypt.
The two American families suing the Biden
administration claim that the United States has not taken steps to allocate
flights or assist in securing the exit of about 900 American citizens,
residents, and family members who remain trapped in Gaza.
They argue that this constitutes a
violation of their constitutional rights.
Yasmine Agha, who has family stuck in Gaza
and helped file the lawsuit, said in an interview, "There is a lot the
U.S. government can do, and it chose not to do that for Palestinians."
The State Department declined to comment on
the lawsuit, but a spokesperson said the department is working on getting more
Americans and their family members out of Gaza.
The White House referred questions about
the lawsuit to the Justice Department, which has not yet commented.
The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in the U.S.
District Court in Indianapolis, accuses the federal government of failing to
protect American citizens in a war zone and denying Americans of Palestinian
origin the right to protection as provided in the US Constitution.
The lawsuit seeks to compel the government
to initiate evacuation efforts and ensure the safety of citizens "on an
equal footing with other civilians in the same war zone."
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