The lawsuit alleges that the U.S. government has violated the Fifth Amendment's promise of equal protection by depriving only Palestinian Americans of evacuation efforts, while accommodating other groups. The plaintiffs claim they were left stranded after the government facilitated the departure of Israeli Americans shortly after the conflict escalated, highlighting a perceived discriminatory two-tier system in U.S. evacuation policy.
The plaintiffs, trapped in Gaza at the time of the U.S. travel advisory issued on October 11, claim that despite being eligible for evacuation, their requests were ignored. The lawsuit points out that extensive arrangements were made for evacuating Israeli citizens, raising serious concerns over the equal treatment of American citizens of Palestinian descent during a humanitarian crisis.
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