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News & Current Events Apr 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM

Appeals court reinstates $656M judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority

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Appeals court reinstates $656M judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority
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Appeals court reinstates $656M judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority
A federal appeals court has reinstated a $656 million judgment for Americans killed or wounded in Middle East terror attacks. The 2nd U.S.
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AudibleNod Apr 6, 2026 +71
>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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charavaka Apr 7, 2026 +4
Will this law be applied impartially against the benighted regime of Israel that had harmed millions in gaza?
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Meat-Dimension Apr 7, 2026 +14
Maybe we’ll find out in another 22 years
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seecat46 Apr 7, 2026 +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.
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charavaka Apr 7, 2026 +7
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/18/how-us-dealt-with-the-cases-of-nine-americans-killed-by-israel-since-2022#:~:text=Since%202022%2C%20nine%20US%20citizens%20have%20been,killed%20in%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike%20in%20Gaza
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Whoiserik Apr 7, 2026 +4
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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RedWhiteNBrew Apr 6, 2026 +49
With the PLO no longer existing does it all default to the Palestinian Authority.
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TraditionalGap1 Apr 6, 2026 +56
>With the PLO no longer existing That would be news to the PLO
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[deleted] Apr 6, 2026 +23
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StacyChadBecky Apr 6, 2026 +9
Is that an ex post facto law?
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DrunkEngr Apr 7, 2026 +10
Not for civil cases (is my understanding).
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This_Is_Fine12 Apr 6, 2026 -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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charavaka Apr 7, 2026 +3
Now tell us about what the genocidal apartheid regime and its supporters deserve. 
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Asrahn Apr 6, 2026 +10
Looking forward to the judgement against the US and Israel when it comes to the Palestinian genocide.
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duncandun Apr 6, 2026 +34
Oh yeah just like reparations for African Americans
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ThisI5N0tAThr0waway Apr 6, 2026 -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-69 Apr 7, 2026 +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_1813 Apr 8, 2026 +1
Victims must be US citizens, and perpetrators need to be on the US terrorist Organization List.
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[deleted] Apr 6, 2026 -29
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progrethth Apr 6, 2026 -21
Israels are basically just as brown as Palestinians. They are the same people, this is a religious war.
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StacyChadBecky Apr 6, 2026 +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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HuDragon Apr 7, 2026 +4
https://wikiconflict.com/jew-or-palestinian/
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22stanmanplanjam11 Apr 7, 2026 -21
It can’t happen unless Palestine actually accepts a two state solution and abides by it.
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orlybatman Apr 7, 2026 +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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TheOneFreeEngineer Apr 7, 2026 +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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