...Two Palestinian-Americans and two Palestinian villages represented by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights then moved on March 18 to intervene in Silber as of right. (Intervention in an ongoing lawsuit is allowed in federal court when, for instance, an intervenor claims resolution of the matter without the intervention would impede the intervenor’s ability to protect its own interests, or when the intervenor has a claim or defense that shares a question of law or fact with the main action.) ...

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