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Source: http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080224sheroped02242008.html
Uphold Judgment Against Terrorists
[JTA] Neal Sher - By Feb. 29, the State Department must advise a federal court if it will succumb to Palestinian pressure and take the side of murderers by sabotaging a final judgment of $174 million against the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization. The judge overseeing the case, which was brought in 2003 by the widow of a man killed by Palestinian terrorists in Hadera, Israel, has asked the State Department to declare whether enforcing the judgment would be harmful to U.S. national interests - something the Palestinians feverishly have been demanding. The case was brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which was designed to hit terrorists where it hurts: in the pocketbook. As a reflection of how serious Congress was, the law even allows for the award of treble damages. It would be an utter perversion of justice to allow the terrorists literally to get away with murder. The writer has served as executive director of AIPAC and as director of the Office of Special Investigations in the Justice Department.