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Israeli Court Upholds U.S. Judgment: PA Must Compensate Terror Victims
[Ynet News] Aviad Glickman - Judge Aharon Farkash of the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Monday that it is possible to enforce in Israel a U.S. court ruling ordering the Palestinian Authority to compensate terror victims. The judge rejected a PA petition to forego paying $116 million to the family of two American terror victims, Yaron and Efrat Ungar, as was decreed in a 2004 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. "How can one accept the claim that a legal ruling should not be enforced because it might hurt the perpetrator financially? Should we not punish convicted persons for no other reason than that it might cause their bankruptcy?" Judge Farkash wrote.