US EditionUS Supreme Court allows terrorism victims to sue Palestinian entities
- The US Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2019 law that permits legal actions against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority by victims of terrorism.
- The lawsuits stem from multiple attacks, including attacks in the early 2000s that killed 33 and injured hundreds, and a 2018 incident where a US-born Israeli settler was fatally stabbed.
- After courts ruled against the victims, Congress repeatedly amended the law to allow them to sue the Palestinian entities over due process concerns.
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Families of Terrorist Victims Win Major Victory With 7-0 Supreme Court Decision
A unanimous Supreme Court decision allows American victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks — and their families — to seek justice in U.S. courts. The ruling revives long-stalled cases against the Palestinian Authority and PLO, accusing them of financing terror. Key Facts: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) can be sued in U.S. courts by American victims of terroris…
Supreme Court Hands Major Victory To Families Of Terrorist Victims
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously that victims of Palestinian terrorism can sue the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization in United States courts.In 2019, Congress passed the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which permitted victims of terror attacks to sue the groups responsible.“The PSJVTA names the PA and PLO specifically and provides that they ‘shall be deemed to have cons…
The U.S. Supreme agreed that victims of terrorism can sue the Palestinian National Authority in U.S. courts.
Court allows lawsuits by U.S. victims of overseas terrorist attacks to move forward
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a pair of lawsuits by U.S. victims of terrorist attacks in Israel against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization can go forward. In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the justices unanimously rejected arguments by the PA and the PLO that allowing the victims to sue them in U.S. courts violates the Constitution’s guarantee of due process. The case before the justices is a…
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