Palestinian Authority, PLO appeal U.S. terror support verdict


  • World
  • Wednesday, 13 Apr 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization on Tuesday urged a U.S. appeals court to toss a more than $655 million (459.41 million pound) award won by a group of American families who accused them of supporting terrorist attacks in Israel.

A lawyer for the Palestinian Authority and the PLO, the government and diplomatic representative of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, argued to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that the case should never have reached trial.

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