(Times of Israel) Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the Palestinian Authority can be held liable for terrorist acts, due to its policy of paying stipends to security prisoners in Israeli jails and the families of those killed during attacks on Israelis. Justice Yitzhak Amit, setting out the majority ruling, found that the decision to pay convicted Palestinian terrorists and those killed as part of the "struggle against Israel" makes the PA liable for their actions. "[The PA] expresses its consent to their actions, in a manner that takes responsibility for the acts. This justifies that [the PA] will be assigned personal and direct responsibility," Amit wrote. The court also ruled that the PA can only be sued for compensation, rather than punitive damages.
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