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Supreme Court Will Decide if U.S. Victims of Terrorist Attacks in Israel Can Sue PLO

The Supreme Court will decide whether U.S. citizens killed or injured in terrorist attacks in Israel can sue the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority in the United States.

The families of dozens of U.S. citizens harmed in attacks against Israeli targets between 2000 and 2005 sued the organizations under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a law enacted in 1992 to allow suits by victims of terror attacks committed against U.S. nationals abroad.

But after a jury sided with the families, an appeals court in 2016 threw out the $655.5 million judgment.

Read the rest of the story at USA Today News.

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