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Tel Aviv-based group threatens Australian professors over Israel boycott
June 13, 2013: A Tel Aviv-based civil rights group warned Australian supporters of a proposed boycott against Israel on Thursday that their activities were racist, and in violation of Australian Federal anti-discrimination laws. Recently, faculty and students at Sydney University called for the severing of links with Israeli institutions.Read more...
BDS Movement Suffers Mega Defeat in TIAA-CREF Divestment Battle
May 30, 2013: A resolution calling for the boycott of Israeli firms will not be put to a vote at TIAA-CREF's upcoming shareholders meeting. The move comes after the pension fund giant received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to "take no action" on a submission by pro-Palestinian activists.Read more...
Shurat HaDin on al-Dura report: Arrest France 2′s bureau chief
May 20, 2013: “Criminal charges should be filed, and Charles Enderlin should never be allowed to practice journalism in Israel again. The fact the al-Dura story has turned out to be a hoax should cause us to take action against those who invented and spread this staged fable. "Read more...
Israeli group on Hawking boycott: "He must stop using his Intel chip"
May 8, 2013: "Hawking's decision to join the boycott of Israel is quite hypocritical for an individual who prides himself on his own intellectual accomplishment."Read more...
Israel-based civil rights group informs Fortune 100 pension giant against divestment proposal
April 10, 2013: The Tel Aviv-based civil rights group Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center has written the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) today to inform them that the adoption of a resolution boycotting Israeli firms and investments would be in direct violation of New York and Federal law.Read more...
Israeli civil rights group calls on NY's 92nd Street Y to cancel Roger Waters event
Tel Aviv, March 28, 2013: "New York's 92nd Street Y's decision to postpone and not cancel all together Roger Waters' event is appalling. Waters is a hater of Israel and a vocal supporter of the anti-Semitic BDS movement which seeks to boycott the Israeli democracy. Just because Louis Farrakhan, who began his career as a calypso singer, can carry a tune doesn't mean he would have been invited to speak at the Y as well" – this according to Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center.Read more...
Shurat HaDin Demands the EU Designate Hezbollah as Terrorists
March 4, 2013: Shurat HaDin has written to the European Union Council (EU) President, Herman Van Rompuy, and EU Foreign Policy, Chief Catherine Ashton, demanding that the EU designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. As it stands today, the EU refuse to proscribe the Shi'ite terrorist organization and place it on its blacklist of terrorist groups. In Germany alone, one of Hezbollah's European strongholds, the Iranian backed terror group has over one thousand members.Read more...
Case Against the Palestinian Authority Over Lynching of Two Israeli Soldiers Goes to Trial
Feb. 21, 2013: The Jerusalem District Court has begun to hear evidence in the case brought by the families of Vadim Nurzhitz and Yossi Avrahami, two Israeli reservist soldiers murdered in a Palestinian police station more than a decade ago.Read more...
Shurat HaDin Wins $338M Judgment Against Syria Over Kidnapping of Americans by Kurdish Terrorists
Washington, DC, December 17, 2012: A Tel-Aviv based law center has represented two families of American citizens in their successful $338 million lawsuit against the government of Syria. The decision, handed down today in the United States district court for Washington D.C., found that the government of Syria was responsible for providing material support and resources to the Kurdish Workers Party ("PKK"), a terrorist organization designated by the United States State Department.Read more...
As 2012 comes to an end...a Hanukah appeal
Dec. 13, 2012: As we celebrate Hanukah’s heroic story of the Jewish people’s struggle against its murderous oppressors; Shurat HaDin continues to be involved in dramatic new efforts to combat Israel’s modern enemies.Read more...
Hillary Clinton sued by Americans over funding of Palestinian terror groups
Tel Aviv, Nov. 27, 2012: A group of 24 Americans living in Israel, including victims of terrorism, filed a lawsuit today against the US government over its funding of Palestinian terrorism in the West Bank and Gaza.Read more...
New York's High Court Rules that Hezbollah Victims' Case Can Go Forward Against Lebanese Bank
Tel Aviv, Nov. 20, 2012: New York's highest court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that a lawsuit against a Lebanese bank, suspected of wiring money to the Hezbollah militant group through a New York account, can proceed to trial. This landmark legal precedent now places all foreign banks, with American correspondent banks, liable in US courts even if they do not have actual stateside branches.Read more...
Shurat HaDin applauds resumption of targeted killings
Tel Aviv, Nov. 14, 2012: “Shurat HaDin applauds the IDF’s resumption of targeted killings of terrorist leaders” – this according to Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center.Read more...
Turkey should be placed on trial, not Israel
Tel Aviv, Nov. 6, 2012: "It is the Turkish government which needs to be tried for the deaths of the Islamic terrorists on the Mavi Marmara and not IDF officials" – this according to Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center.Read more...
Terror victims' families launch billion-dollar lawsuit against Bank of China
Tel Aviv, Oct. 23, 2012: The families of students, murdered in a 2008 terror attack, filed today a billion-dollar lawsuit against the Bank of China (BOC) for intentionally providing banking services to Hamas through their New York City branch. "The banking giant knowingly assisted the Islamic group to carry out this Jerusalem attack with the full approval of the Chinese government," this according to their attorney, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center.Read more...
Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center Sues The Warwick Hotel For Hosting Iranian Despot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Sept. 14, 2012: Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center, served Manhattan’s luxurious Warwick Hotel with a lawsuit yesterday for agreeing to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly on the week of September 24th.Read more...
Shurat HaDin calls on Corrie Family to sue Palestinian Authority and ISM over daughter's death
Tel Aviv, August 29, 2012: "Rachel Corrie's parents should sue the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) for being responsible for their daughter's death" – this according to Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center.Read more...
Shurat HaDin: Inmarsat admits providing services to Iranian oil tankers despite sanctions
TEL AVIV, August 2, 2012 – "Inmarsat's official response to Shurat HaDin, as well as its previous statements to the media, confirms the telecommunications giant has dealings with banned Iranian oil tankers and other vessels," this according to Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center.Read more...
Shurat HaDin Warns Inmarsat Telecommunications Giant Over Illegal Dealings With Iran
TEL AVIV, July 25, 2012 – Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center, the organization that built its reputation on hard-fought legal battles and victories against terror sponsors, today sent a letter to worldwide mobile satellite company Inmarsat PLC, warning it against providing prohibited guidance services to Iranian oil tankers and Iranian military vessels.Read more...
Court Awards Family of American Terror Victim $332 Million Against Syria
May 16, 2012: The United States district court for Washington D.C. has handed down a decision today in the amount of $332 million against the government of Syria for its role in an April 2006 terrorist attack perpetrated in Israel.Read more...
