(Courthouse News Service) Nick Divito - At the Arab Bank trial in Brooklyn on Tuesday, terrorism expert Ronni Shaked gave disturbing details of several Hamas-sponsored suicide attacks in the West Bank that killed hundreds of innocent civilians from 2000 to 2004. Families representing 300 victims killed or injured in the attacks during the Second Intifada filed suit against the bank about a decade ago. Attorneys say Arab Bank handled transactions totaling $35 million while acting as "paymaster" for the Saudi Committee for the Support of Intifada Al Quds, which paid families of suicide bombers.
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