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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/04/23/new-us-law-allows-terror-victims-to-sue-pa/
New U.S. Law Allows Terror Victims to Sue PA
(Israel Hayom) Ariel Kahana - Legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in 2019 came into effect this week, exposing the Palestinian Authority to lawsuits over its support of terrorism. The Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019 seeks to impose U.S. court jurisdiction so that American citizens can target the PA with lawsuits for suicide attacks in the early 2000s. The law was passed following the PA's refusal to pay damages to family members of hundreds of Israelis and Americans murdered or wounded in terrorist attacks in Israel. U.S. courts have time and again ruled that the PA is responsible for carrying out such attacks and is obligated to compensate the victims. It is believed the Palestinian Authority owes terror victims and their families $423 million. Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, a senior intelligence and security expert at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, told Israel Hayom that the legislation was another step in the pressure the U.S. is exerting on the Palestinian Authority to make it suspend its "pay-for-slay" policy.