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Canadian Israeli sues flotilla organizers

A dual Canadian-Israeli citizen living in Sderot has sued the organizers of the Canadian entry into the Gaza flotilla of fools, charging that the organizers are supporting 'Palestinian' terrorism.

The suit, filed by Toronto barrister and law professor Ed Morgan and New York attorney and former AIPAC executive director Neal Sher to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, argues that the groups, Turtle Island Humanitarian Aid and Alternatives International, both based in Montreal, are part of a chain of conduct that "ultimately leads to the rocket attacks that have traumatized the plaintiff and caused her much suffering and loss."

According to the statement of claim issued by Rosenberg's lawyers, "The Canadian
Boat’s raison d’être is to aid and abet the terrorist organization that rules Gaza." As such, according to the lawsuit, their actions are in violation of Canadian laws forbidding assistance to terror groups.

Rosenberg's lawyers are requesting the court to order the groups to pay damages in the amount of $1,000,000 for trauma and injury, $20,000 in renovation and relocation costs, as well as an injunction prohibiting the groups to raise money for the flotilla and to send goods to Gaza.

"Ms. Rosenberg has lived in Sderot, Israel and endured the constant and relentless mortar attacks emanating from Gaza. The Hamas terror group brazenly has taken responsibility for these shellings. During these terrifying attacks, Ms. Rosenberg was forced to seek shelter, along with members of her family and, like other victims of these wanton attacks, has been traumatized and shocked, suffering from the serious symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder," read the statement of claims.

The complaint goes on to explains how the village of Sderot has been the target of Kassam rocket attacks from Hamas terrorists on the Gaza side of the border since 2001, resulting in the deaths of numerous Israeli civilians and caused enormous trauma and property damage in Sderot and the surrounding region.

The complaint argues that since supplies that are delivered to Gaza run the risk of being seized by the Hamas government for use by its military wing, the defendants' acts "amount to both a conspiracy to injure and a conspiracy to use unlawful means," and that "the defendants are acting in concert with Hamas to achieve harm on the plaintiff."

The suit seeks C$1,000,000, which I understand is worth more than US$1,000,000 these days. Let's hope that more lawsuits like this are filed and succeed.

Labels: Canada, flotilla of fools, Gaza plenty, Hamas, Sderot

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:45 AM