US Supreme Court Rejects PA Attempt to Block $656 Million Terror Judgment
In a significant blow to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor turned down a request on Monday to stay a massive $656 million financial judgment awarded to American victims of Palestinian Arab terrorism, The Associated Press reported.
The decision follows a ruling by the US Supreme Court last year favoring the victims and their surviving family members.
Lawyers representing the PA and PLO had appealed to the high court to suspend the payment during an ongoing appeal against the verdict’s reinstatement. In legal filings, officials in Ramallah argued that enforcing the multi-million-dollar penalty immediately would disrupt civil services across PA-governed areas of Judea and Samaria.
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