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Shurat HaDin Sues Lufthansa for Fees Owed Iran
Shurat HaDin is ratcheting up the pressure on the already cashstarved Iranian government. We filed Restraining Notices against the German airline Lufthansa in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, demanding the airline freeze any funds or property owed to Iran as a result of Lufthansa’s continued flights to Tehran. […]
Human Rights Watch Official/BDS Activist Omar Shakir Deported
Shurat HaDin succeeded in its threeyear battle to have Human Rights Watch Director Omar Shakir deported due to his BDS activity against the state of Israel. Israel deported Shakir on November 25, 2019, after the High Court of Justice in a landmark anti-BDS ruling determined he had supported boycott activity to delegitimize Israel. […]
Shurat HaDin Warns the ICC’s Chief Prosecutor against ethical violations in proposed investigation of Israel
On behalf of the parents of 13-year-old Hallel Ariel wo was murdered in her bed in 2016 by a Palestinian terrorist, Nitsana DarshanLeitner responded to the ICC (International Criminal Court) Chief Prosecutor Bensouda’s biased announcement that she intended to open an investigation into the situation in “Palestine.” The Chief Prosecutor’s decision blatantly ignores the Palestinian Authority’s glaring war crimes, including its barbaric “pay to slay” scheme designed to incentivize killing Jews and Israelis by providing financial incentives to all Palestinian terrorists including Hamas members. […]
Shurat HaDin received historic ruling against the PA and PLO
Shurat HaDin filed this case on behalf of over 150 plaintiffs in 2000, claiming that the attacks and bombings during the Second Intifada were not a spontaneous uprising by Palestinians, but instead planned attacks calculated to force Israel to concede issues Palestinians could not win through negotiations. The Jerusalem District Court found that the now deceased Yasser Arafat and his terrorist underlings directed and financed the 17 attacks commit ted by the Martyrs of alAqsa, Hamas, the PLO, and Islamic Jihad. After more than 19 years, tens of thousands of documents, and more than 100 court appearances, justice was finally served, and the PLO and its terror partners’ complicity in the attacks were finally exposed. […]
Shurat HaDin Files Two “Friend of the Court” Appellate Briefs against BDS
Shurat HaDin continued its battle against the racist BDS movement and filed an amicus curiae brief with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the State of Arkansas’ AntiBDS law. The Arkansas law requires any contractor who does business with the state to certify that they will not boycott Israel. Despite having no intention of boycotting Israel, the Arkansas Times newspaper challenged the law. […]
Shurat HaDin files suit against Hamas and money changers who transferred money to Hamas from Iran
Shurat HaDin filed a lawsuit on behalf of five families who lost loved ones to terror attacks demanding damages in the amount of NIS 500 million against Hamas and three money changers in Jerusalem whose services the terrorist organization used to collect money for terror attacks. For the first time, we named money changers as defendants for abetting terror attacks by knowingly working with Hamas and transferring money from Iran to Hamas. By proving that they work with Hamas, […]
Shurat HaDin Succeeds in Obtaining Israeli Residency for Palestinian Family that Provided Aid to Jewish Terror Victims
Shurat HaDin won an important victory in its efforts to assist a Palestinian couple who selflessly put their lives in danger rendering aid to Jewish victims of a devastating terrorist shooting attack near Hebron in 2016. Knowing the consequences, the couple stopped at the scene of the terror attack that killed Rabbi Miki Mark and severely wounded his wife and two teenage children. […]
Shurat HaDin Files Lawsuit in France Against INSTEX
Shurat HaDin filed a lawsuit in France against INSTEX, the special purpose vehicle developed by France, Germany, and Great Britain to bypass US economic sanctions after the United States withdrew from the Iran Deal. The suit demands as compensation to terror victims who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, money, oil, or other goods either belonging to Iran or earmarked for Iran via a third party. […]
Shurat HaDin Assists in Filing Petition to Supreme Court in Case against Facebook
Shurat HaDin assisted in filing a petition for Supreme Court review (writ of certiorari) in the case brought against Facebook on behalf of five families whose loved ones were victims of brutal terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas and Islamic Jihad between 2014-2016. The plaintiffs alleged providing social media services to designated terrorist organizations constitutes material support and resources in violation of the AntiTerrorism Act. They also argued that Facebook’s “friend and content suggestion” algorithms assist these terror organizations with not only fundraising but disseminating information and recruiting new members. […]
Shurat HaDin Shuts Down German BDS Bank Account
Shurat HaDin succeeded in closing Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East’s (EJJP) account with the German Bank für Sozialwirtschaft (Bank of Social Economy), in Cologne Germany. On June 12, 2019, we warned the bank that con tinuing to permit the EJJP to utilize the bank’s financial services exposed it and its officers to potential criminal and civil liability under the United States’ Anti-Terrorism Act. […]
