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U.S. Courts Hold Syria, Iran Liable for U.S. Victims of Palestinian Terror
The Associated Press / 2-minute read
A U.S. court has ruled that Iran and Syria must compensate the families of American citizens wounded and killed in seven terror attacks carried out by Palestinians in Israel. Judge Randolph D. Moss in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the American victims were eligible for damages from Iran and Syria because those countries provided “material support” to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, two terror groups in Gaza bent on eliminating Israel. One of the victims, Taylor Force, a U.S. Army veteran, was studying in Israel in 2016 when he was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist in Tel Aviv. Congress later approved the Taylor Force Act,which withholds U.S. aid to Palestinians until the Palestinian Authority stops rewarding terrorists and their families. Read more |
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Supreme Court Urged to Hear Nazi Art Case
The Art Newspaper / 2-minute read
Siding with the German government, the U.S. Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on a legal tussle over a trove of German medieval church reliquaries now housed at a museum in Berlin. The lawsuit, which is scheduled to go to trial in Washington, D.C., is brought by heirs of Jewish art dealers in Germany who transferred the collection known as the Guelph Treasure to Nazi-controlled banks during the Holocaust for a third of its value. The heirs call the exchange a “genocidal taking,” a violation of international human rights that can be litigated in an American court. Citing a yearlong negotiation between the dealer and bank at the time, the German state museum argues that the lawsuit is a domestic issue and does not fall under U.S. jurisdiction. Listen to experts on the subject of Nazi-looted art discuss the complexity of finding and returning lost artwork to Holocaust victims and their heirs on a recent episode of People of the Pod. Read more |
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Swastikas Removed From Cemeteries
Military Times / 2-minute read
After two weeks of pressure from Jewish groups including AJC, Veterans Affairs officials have announced they will remove the three headstones of war prisoners inscribed with Nazi swastikas and tributes to Adolf Hitler from two national cemeteries. “It is understandably upsetting to our veterans and their families to see Nazi inscriptions near those who gave their lives for this nation,” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said, reversing his prior statements that he wanted to preserve the headstones in the proper historical context. AJC tweeted: “It’s never too late to do the right thing. Thank you @DeptVetAffairs, for removing gravestones etched with Nazi swastikas from military cemeteries in Utah and Texas. These symbols of hate have no place in America.” Read more |
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