by Edna Adato
Jerusalem District Court: Palestinian Authority transferred weapons and money to terrorist cells, knowing what they would be used for • Yaniv and Sharon Ben Shalom and Sharon's brother, Doron Yosef Sviri, were killed when gunmen opened fire on their car.
The Palestinian Authority is culpable for a shooting that killed three Israelis, court says
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The Palestinian Authority will have to pay restitution to the families of three people killed in a terrorist shooting attack in 2001, the Jerusalem District Court has ruled. The decision, handed down by Court President Judge Moshe Drori, concludes a suit the victims' families brought against the PA and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 2009.
Yaniv Ben Shalom, 27, his wife, Sharon, 26, and her brother, Doron Yosef Sviri, 20, were driving along the Jerusalem-Modiin road on Aug. 25, 2001, when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on their car. Yaniv and Sharon Ben Shalom were killed instantly, and their two young daughters were injured. Sviri was fatally wounded and died the following day.
The court found that the weapons used to commit the murders and money had been transferred from the PA to the commanders of the terrorist cells, and that the PA was aware what they would be used for.
Therefore, the court said, since the PA had failed in its duty to ensure no one be injured by the weapons it supplied, it was required to pay restitution. The case has been set aside to collect the evidence to determine how much compensation the PA will pay to the victims' families.
Edna Adato
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=20573
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