Huge Jury Award Against Palestinian Groups in Terrorism Case

posted on: Feb 23, 2015

The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization were found liable on Monday by a jury in Manhattan for their role in knowingly supporting six terrorist attacks in Israel between 2002 and 2004 in which Americans were killed and injured.

The damages are to be $655.5 million, under a special terrorism law that provides for tripling the $218.5 million award made by the jury in Federal District Court.

The verdict ended a decade-long legal battle to hold the Palestinian organizations responsible for the terrorist acts. While the decision was a huge victory for the dozens of plaintiffs, it could also serve to strengthen the Israeli claim that the supposedly more moderate Palestinian forces are directly linked to terrorism.

Source: www.nytimes.com