Arab terrorism on trial in the American courts

In that case the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the judgment and dismissed the case asserting that although the injured parties were American citizens and although he PLO and PA conducted activities in the United States, there was not a sufficient connection between the PLO and the PA’s terror activities that had caused the specific injuries to these plaintiffs for the United States Courts to hear such a case even though federal statute specifically authorized such lawsuits. The second and more recent case of the family of Ari Fuld against the PLO and PA for the stabbing attack that killed Mr. Fuld was also filed in New York and dismissed by the trial court because the terror attack had occurred outside the United States and the PLO and PA, which supported the terrorists did not have sufficient connections to the United States for them to be sued in the U.S. Courts. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals missed the point and exercising a far too tender sense for the PLO and PA and their maimers and murderers again found that the lawsuits against the PLO and PA could not go forward because Fifth Amendment due process of law required that the PLO and PA have closer contacts to the United States or that the murderous acts that caused the injuries to the plaintiffs have closer connections to the United States besides the murder of United States citizens.

Author: Dr. Michael Krampner

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