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U.S. Judge Backs PA Bid to Conceal Memo Linking It to 2002 Israel Bombing
(New York Post) Bruce Golding - Federal Judge Richard Leon in Washington has ruled that the Palestinian Authority has the right to cover up a memo linking it to a suicide bombing that killed two teen American citizens in Israel. The document - accidentally handed over to lawyers suing the PA for $300 million on behalf of the teens' parents - reveals a "close relationship" between the bomber and a captain in the PA security forces who planned the terror attack, court papers say. The memo, written in April 2012 by Maj. Ziad Abu Hamid of the PA General Intelligence Service, also details "at least six other critical facts" about the 2002 bombing and "clearly establishes the defendants' material support and liability." Court papers say the memo links Sadeq Hafez, an operative for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group, to Raed Nazal, "who was both a salaried officer in the PA's security services and a leader of the PFLP cell in Kalkilya" in the West Bank. On Feb. 16, 2002, Hafez blew himself up in a packed pizzeria in Karnei Shomron, killing three teens, including Keren Shatsky, 15, and Rachel Thaler, 16.