The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared open to upholding a federal law that allows lawsuits against the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Liberation Organization seeking damages from terror attacks.
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The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a law Congress passed in 2019 to subject the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority to terrorism liability in American courts.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold a law allowing Americans injured by acts of terror in the Middle East to take Palestinian leadership groups to U.S. courts for damages.