[Ynet] A US district judge in New York City has ordered Paleostinian authorities to pay $10 million in cash to secure hundreds of millions awarded to Americans killed in terrorist attacks.
Judge George B. Daniels also said Monday that the Paleostinian Liberation Organization and the Paleostinian Authority must pay $1 million each month while the case is on appeal. Their attorney declined to comment.
A jury awarded $218.5 million in damages this year in a lawsuit brought by victims and survivors of attacks that killed 33 people and injured hundreds more. That amount was then automatically tripled by the US Anti-Terrorism Act.
| This is the case that the US government intervened in, arguing that forcing the Palestinians to pay damages would bankrupt their government. |
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