Tuesday, September 2, 2008
...and tap their bank accounts there:
A Jerusalem judge Sunday said a U.S. court ruling that the Palestinian Authority must compensate the family of a U.S. citizen killed by Palestinian militants is enforceable in Israel too.
The judgment means the family's lawyers can claim around $117 million from Palestinian Authority assets in Israel.
The Palestinians are expected to appeal.
Sunday's court ruling was the latest development in a long-running lawsuit filed by relatives of Yaron Ungar, who also holds Israeli citizenship, and his wife Efrat, who were killed by Hamas gunmen in June 1996.
His family filed a claim with a federal court in Rhode Island, saying the gunmen acted under orders from the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, making them responsible.
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I've referred to the Ungar case numerous times before here. (Hurting Americans should hurt back, Palestine must pay terror victims, Good Legal News: Terror Victims Can Chase the PA to Israel, Judge Upolds $116 Million Judgment Against PLO in Ungar... Read More
