The Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority were found liable Monday for six terror attacks in Jerusalem that killed and wounded Americans, as a jury awarded $218.5 million in damages—an amount that automatically tripled to $655.5 million under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The jury in Southern District Judge George Daniels’ courtroom didn’t take long to reach its verdict, as it discussed the evidence for part of Friday and Monday morning before holding both organizations liable for attacks committed by either their employees or their allies within Hamas and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade between 2002 and 2004.
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