Providence, RI – A judge would not rescind his decision ordering the PLO to pay $116 million to the family of victims of a terrorist attack.
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Yaron Ungar, a U.S. citizen, and his wife Efrat were shot dead as they traveled with their infant son near Beit Shemesh, a town near Jerusalem that also adjoins the West Bank.
In recent filings, the PLO blamed Hamas for the attack, saying it sought to sabotage Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. The lawsuit targeted Hamas and the PLO, saying that the PLO was responsible as well because it gave the terrorists safe harbor. Hamas has never contested the suit.
But Ronald Lagueux, a federal judge in Providence, R.I., said that the Palestine Liberation Organization was liable because of its refusal during the trial early in this decade to mount a defense; PLO leader Yasser Arafat refused to recognize U.S. sovereignty in the matter.
It was not clear if the PLO planned an appeal.
You can read the decision here PDF
I was with Yaron Hy”d in elementary school in Torah Academy of Philadelphia.
Even as a child he was mekayem hevei mekabel es kol odom besever panim yafos.
Yehi Zichro Baruch.
before you celebrate.. realize that the PLO is funded by the west. so the US tax payers are picking up
Whats funny is that the PLO did not show up at the trial saying that they didn’t care what the outcome would be and that they would never pay it. They laughed it off. After the award was given Israel said it would divert the money the PLO was supposed to get in taxes to the winner of the law suit. After that ruling the PLO got scared.. Guess you can’t win it all PLO……..