Israel Matzav

The real battle is in the Israeli courts

Last week, I reported on Moshe Saperstein, Gaza expellee and terror victim who won a $16 million verdict against the 'Palestinian Authority' in the United States that will be trebled under US law to $48 million. Moshe and his wife Rachel have now returned to Israel, where they will be focusing on collecting the judgment:

The Sapersteins say they will turn down any settlement offer short of the ruled amount – even if it is in the millions of dollars and despite the fact that, as Gaza expellees, they could certainly use the funds. “Terrorists must be made to pay a steeper price,” Rachel Saperstein told Arutz-7. “There are millions in international aid that pour into the PA, including from Israel. Those funds should go to piece together the shattered lives of the victims and not to the coffers of those who dispatched the murderers.”

The Sapersteins say that the real battle is for a verdict in Israel’s courts that would then open the door for all of Israel’s thousands of terror victims’ families to sue terrorist groups. Israel also has the ability to retain customs taxes collected for the PA in order to pay the authority’s debts to its victims.

They also hope Israel’s Supreme Court will work with the US Judiciary to enforce Congress’s decision to hold terror groups accountable for attacks on US citizens. The congressional act grants federal courts jurisdiction in cases related to international terrorism, giving every US national affected by an act of international terrorism the right to sue in US district courts and be assisted by court-ordered subpoenas and the tools necessary to locate and confiscate terrorists’ assets.

What a sad commentary it is about life in Israel that the American Congress and the American court system are more willing to help victims of 'Palestinian' terror than the Israeli Knesset and the Israeli court system.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:41 AM