>Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, another attorney for the plaintiffs, said she was pleased with the decision after 22 years of litigation.
>The victims had sued under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which was signed into law in 1992 to open U.S. courts to victims of international terror attacks.
This case goes a long way back. And doesn't have much to do in the way of the current administration.
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charavaka4 days ago
+4
Will this law be applied impartially against the benighted regime of Israel that had harmed millions in gaza?
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Meat-Dimension4 days ago
+14
Maybe we’ll find out in another 22 years
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seecat463 days ago
+2
1) the harm has to be done by a US designated terrorist group, which Israel is not.
2) The victim has to be a US citizen or closely connected to the US, which i don't think anyone harmed or killed in Gaza has been.
To your second point: take a gander at this https://dawnmena.org/u-s-citizens-killed-by-israel-soldiers-and-settlers-in-palestine/
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RedWhiteNBrew4 days ago
+49
With the PLO no longer existing does it all default to the Palestinian Authority.
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TraditionalGap14 days ago
+56
>With the PLO no longer existing
That would be news to the PLO
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StacyChadBecky4 days ago
+9
Is that an ex post facto law?
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DrunkEngr4 days ago
+10
Not for civil cases (is my understanding).
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This_Is_Fine124 days ago
-20
If the Palestinian Authority can afford to pay pensions to terrorists who stab civilians, then they can afford this judgement. This was a long time coming and we'll deserved.
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charavaka4 days ago
+3
Now tell us about what the genocidal apartheid regime and its supporters deserve.
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Asrahn4 days ago
+10
Looking forward to the judgement against the US and Israel when it comes to the Palestinian genocide.
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duncandun4 days ago
+34
Oh yeah just like reparations for African Americans
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ThisI5N0tAThr0waway4 days ago
-25
For what? Slavery. There was a UN recently about about that and basically it's Ghana who wanted reparation about the Atlantic slave trade... Which I find stupid. First, it's sadly way too late now for reparation about slavery. Second, There should have been reparation, but to the freed slaves population, not to the country/ tribe who sold slave. The countries and tribes were on the West African Coast both sold slaves and were enslaved. Obviously the buyer the one you should blame the most in that transaction, but it's not like you can point at a group of people in West Africa today and say with certainty that there were only the victim of the Atlantic slave trade.
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Acceptable-Peace-694 days ago
+14
Redlining was alive and well until 1968. The one drop rule was law in many states until 1967. The GI bill was denied to most black soldiers and their families. The USDA is currently discriminating against black farmers.
There are plenty of people alive that were harmed by these racist policies that could be paid reparations if you’re worried about that. Should we start there? I assume you’re with us! Thanks in advance for the support.
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Overall_Law_18133 days ago
+1
Victims must be US citizens, and perpetrators need to be on the US terrorist Organization List.
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progrethth4 days ago
-21
Israels are basically just as brown as Palestinians. They are the same people, this is a religious war.
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StacyChadBecky4 days ago
+14
Yeah, I wish I could find it… there was a site/article where you were presented with a bunch of different faces and chose whether they were Israeli or Palestinian. Basically impossible. Probably easier to tell whether someone is Irish or Scottish from a photo.
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HuDragon4 days ago
+4
https://wikiconflict.com/jew-or-palestinian/
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22stanmanplanjam114 days ago
-21
It can’t happen unless Palestine actually accepts a two state solution and abides by it.
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orlybatman4 days ago
+8
What would it matter if they accepted a two-state solution? Netanyahu has worked against one for two decades, and has sworn to ensure one never happens.
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TheOneFreeEngineer3 days ago
+2
The PLO and the PA explicitly accepted the two state solution back in the 1990s. They have been negioating over what that looks like for 30 years while more and more of the West Bank gets taken by Israeli settlers and suffers under settler attacks and military occupation. 30 years of no progress while accepting the 2 state solution while the Israeli government actively supports the sabotage of the two state solution thru Israeli settlers seems like even when Palestinians agree they dont get anything out of it
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