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Why Palestinians are Filing a Lawsuit Against American Tycoons for $34.5 Billion
by Michaela Whitton | ANTIMEDIA
United Kingdom — A number of Palestinians have filed a $34.5 billion lawsuit against a group of U.S. tycoons, charities and a megachurch pastor for their complicity in Israeli land theft and violations of Palestinian human rights.
Around 35 Palestinians have brought the case, including Bassem al-Tamimi, a well-known activist and central figure in the popular resistance movement, as well as Palestinian poet and author of Mornings in Jenin, Susan Abulwaha. Other complainants include victims of settler attacks, those whose loved ones were killed by Israeli forces, or others who have lost chunks of land to Israel’s settlement construction.
The alleged charges include five counts of conspiracy, war crimes, aggravated trespass, pillage and racketeering via various legal mechanisms, including laws against organised crime and U.S. entities linked with overseas human rights abuses. Damages are being sought from Irving Moskowitz, a philanthropist with property interests in East Jerusalem, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, and megachurch pastor John Hagee for financing the construction of illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
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