US Judge Rejects Emergency Gaza Rescue, Cites 'Sovereign Immunity'
The Al-Monitor report notes a judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking U.S. government action to rescue Palestinian Americans trapped in Gaza. This isn't just bureaucratic inertia; it's a feature. The U.S. government routinely cites 'sovereign immunity' to avoid accountability in inconvenient situations, particularly when its foreign policy, heavily influenced by organizations like AIPAC, is at play.
Representative Jamie Raskin, for instance, received $167,495 from AIPAC in 2022, according to OpenSecrets.org, and consistently supports aid packages to Israel, like the recent HR 815, effectively prioritizing foreign military operations over the safety of American citizens. One might wonder if 'sovereign immunity' would be invoked with such alacrity if citizens of a less 'problematic' ethnicity
were trapped.