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New York Post
9 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Supreme Court revives lawsuits against Palestinian authorities from US victims of terrorism attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday revived long-running lawsuits against Palestinian authorities from Americans who were killed or wounded in terrorism attacks in the Middle East. The justices upheld a 2019 law enacted by Congress specifically to allow the victims' lawsuits to go forward against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority. The attacks occurred in the early 2000s, killing 33 people and wounding hundreds more, and in 2018, when a U.S.-born settler was stabbed to death by a Palestinian assailant outside a mall in the West Bank. The victims and their families assert that Palestinian agents either were involved in the attacks or incited them. Ari Fuld (right) and Miriam Fuld (left). Ari was an Israeli-American national who was murdered on Sunday by a Palestinian terrorist in Gush Etzion Facebook / Ari Fuld The Palestinians have consistently argued that the cases shouldn't be allowed in American courts. The federal appeals court in New York has repeatedly ruled in favor of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, despite Congress' efforts to allow the victims' lawsuits to be heard. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals first ruled in 2016 against the victims of the attacks from 20 years ago, tossing out a $654 million jury verdict in their favor. In that earlier ruling, the appeals court held U.S. courts can't consider lawsuits against foreign-based groups over random attacks that were not aimed at the United States. Palintiff lawyer Kent Yalowitz (Right) makes his opening statement in this court sketch during Sokolow v. Palestine Liberation Organization. REUTERS The victims had sued under the Anti-Terrorism Act, signed into law in 1992. The law was passed to open U.S. courts to victims of international terrorism, spurred by the killing of American Leon Klinghoffer during a 1985 terrorist attack aboard the Achille Lauro cruise ship. Every morning, the NY POSTcast offers a deep dive into the headlines with the Post's signature mix of politics, business, pop culture, true crime and everything in between. Subscribe here! The jury found the PLO and the Palestinian Authority liable for six attacks and awarded $218 million in damages. The award was automatically tripled under the law. After the Supreme Court rejected the victims' appeal in 2018, Congress again amended the law to make clear it did not want to close the courthouse door to the victims.
Straits Times
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
US Supreme Court upholds law on suing Palestinian authorities over attacks
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen the morning before justices are expected to issue opinions in pending cases, in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Friday a statute passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks abroad as plaintiffs pursue monetary damages for violence years ago in Israel and the West Bank. The 9-0 ruling overturned a lower court's decision that the 2019 law, the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, violated the rights of the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization to due process under the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. government and a group of American victims and their families had appealed the lower court's decision that struck down a provision of the law. Among the plaintiffs are families who in 2015 won a $655 million judgment in a civil case alleging that the Palestinian organizations were responsible for a series of shootings and bombings around Jerusalem from 2002 to 2004. They also include relatives of Ari Fuld, a Jewish settler in the Israel-occupied West Bank who was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian in 2018. The ongoing violence involving Israel and the Palestinians served as a backdrop to the case. U.S. courts for years have grappled over whether they have jurisdiction in cases involving the Palestinian Authority and PLO for actions taken abroad. Under the language at issue in the 2019 law, the PLO and Palestinian Authority automatically "consent" to jurisdiction if they conduct certain activities in the United States or make payments to people who attack Americans. New York-based U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled in 2022 that the law violated the due process rights of the PLO and Palestinian Authority guaranteed under the Constitution. The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling. President Joe Biden's administration initiated the government's appeal, which subsequently was taken up by President Donald Trump's administration. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case on April 1. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Reuters
US Supreme Court upholds law on suing Palestinian authorities over attacks
WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Friday a statute passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks abroad as plaintiffs pursue monetary damages for violence years ago in Israel and the West Bank. The 9-0 ruling overturned a lower court's decision that the 2019 law, the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, violated the rights of the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization to due process under the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. government and a group of American victims and their families had appealed the lower court's decision that struck down a provision of the law. Among the plaintiffs are families who in 2015 won a $655 million judgment in a civil case alleging that the Palestinian organizations were responsible for a series of shootings and bombings around Jerusalem from 2002 to 2004. They also include relatives of Ari Fuld, a Jewish settler in the Israel-occupied West Bank who was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian in 2018. The ongoing violence involving Israel and the Palestinians served as a backdrop to the case. U.S. courts for years have grappled over whether they have jurisdiction in cases involving the Palestinian Authority and PLO for actions taken abroad. Under the language at issue in the 2019 law, the PLO and Palestinian Authority automatically "consent" to jurisdiction if they conduct certain activities in the United States or make payments to people who attack Americans. New York-based U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled in 2022 that the law violated the due process rights of the PLO and Palestinian Authority guaranteed under the Constitution. The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling. President Joe Biden's administration initiated the government's appeal, which subsequently was taken up by President Donald Trump's administration. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case on April 1.
NBC News
11 hours ago
- Politics
- NBC News
Supreme Court allows terrorism victims to sue Palestinian entities
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that victims of terrorism can sue Palestinian entities in U.S. courts, upholding a law passed by Congress that allows such claims to be brought. The court held unanimously that the 2019 law, called the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, does not violate the due process rights of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority. The law reasonably took account of "sensitive foreign policy matters within the prerogative of the political branches," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court. As such, the law "comports with the Due Process Clause," he added. It was an unusual case in which Congress stepped in to legislate on specific litigation after the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that U.S. courts did not have jurisdiction to hear the claims. The lawsuits, brought under a law called the Anti-Terrorism Act, were filed by various victims, including the family of Ari Fuld, an American citizen who was killed by a Palestinian terrorist at a West Bank shopping mall in 2018. Other plaintiffs involved in the litigation had previously won a $655 million judgment that the lower court threw out. The technical legal question was whether the defendants 'consented' to the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. Congress concluded in the 2019 law that they had consented if two conditions were met: that the defendants paid a terrorist convicted of or killed while committing a terrorist attack, and that the organization in question conducted any activity within the U.S. within 15 days after the law was enacted. The Palestine Liberation Organization represents the Palestinian people internationally, while the Palestinian Authority exercises partial domestic government authority in the West Bank.
Fox News
28-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
US must stand up to terrorists and we need Supreme Court and Congress to do their part
Ari Fuld's murderer walked free last month. Ari was an American who moved to Israel in the 1990s. A father of four, he devoted his life to defending our country's greatest ally, serving in the Israeli military and then supporting it every way he could after retiring. But in 2018, a Palestinian terrorist walked up behind him at a shopping mall and stabbed Ari in the back. While he survived for a few minutes — long enough to chase the terrorist and even shoot at him — Ari's wounds were too severe. He was dead within the day. Ari's murderer was released from Israeli prison as part of that country's deal for the return of hostages Hamas took on October 7, 2023. While that's deeply unfortunate, what's even more unjust is that his murderer's family has been paid hundreds of dollars a month because he killed an innocent American. They're benefiting from an evil Palestinian program known as "pay-for-slay." Ari's loved ones have fought back. Since the 1990s, thanks to an act of Congress, American victims and their families have been able to file civil lawsuits against the terrorists who targeted them. Congress has strengthened that law in the face of legal challenges, most notably through the 2019 "Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act." Now, on April 1, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether that law is constitutional. The case is named after Ari Fuld, and his loved ones are asking the justices to side with them over Palestinian terrorists. The justices should do so, upholding America's ability to deter even more terrorists from killing our citizens. Ari's family are far from the only ones who've encountered the injustice of Palestinian pay for slay. The Palestinian Authority alone spends nearly $350 million a year to the families of terrorists who died killing innocent people, including Americans. The program is so huge, it even has a formal name in the Palestinian Authority: the "Martyr's Fund." While the PA recently claimed to have ended pay-for-slay, its leadership has since made clear it's not going anywhere. Its very existence encourages more Palestinians to take a murderous road. They know that if they kill as many people as possible, including Americans, their families will be rewarded for years to come. American victims absolutely deserve the right to sue those who aid and abet this blatant evil. The constitutional case is clear, as plenty of legal groups have shown to the court. Lower courts agreed the U.S. government has legal authority to impose criminal liability on foreign groups that murder Americans, but ruled that allowing civil cases to go forward would be "fundamentally unfair." Not true. There's nothing unfair about requiring those who murdered Americans to face civil penalties for their evil actions, just as they must face consequences in criminal cases. And the moral case is even more obvious. No American should have to worry that if a terrorist kills their son or daughter, their mother or father, the terrorist's family will be richly rewarded. If that happens, Americans should be able to sue whoever or whatever is doling out the blood money. After all, if anyone should be compensated for the killing of an innocent, it should be the victims. Justice demands nothing less. For the Supreme Court, this should be an easy decision. But Congress also needs to do the hard work of ending the Palestinian pay-for-slay altogether. Congress should immediately pass the "PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act," authored by Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton and New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler. The bill would impose strong sanctions on any person or organization involved in paying terrorists for murdering innocent people. The Palestinian groups that reward murderers, along with their foreign backers, would think twice if their own finances were crippled. America's leaders should do everything possible to hold them accountable and end the killing. Ari Fuld's killer may be free, but his family's quest for justice should be allowed to continue. Most importantly, no American family should ever again suffer like they have.
