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U.S. appeals court revives a $1 billion lawsuit by Palestinians seeking to hold billionaire Sheldon Adelson and more than 30 other pro-Israel defendants liable for alleged war crimes and support of Israeli settlements
Jonathan Stempel
3 Min Read
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has revived a $1 billion lawsuit by Palestinians seeking to hold billionaire Sheldon Adelson and more than 30 other pro-Israel defendants liable for alleged war crimes and support of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
FILE PHOTO: Casino magnate and Republican political contributor Sheldon Adelson stands to be recognized as he attends a ceremony where U.S. President Donald Trump is awarding a Presidential Medal of Freedom to his wife Miriam Adelson in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. November 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
In a 3-0 decision on Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said a federal district judge wrongly concluded in August 2017 that all of the plaintiffs’ claims raised political questions that could not be decided in American courts.
The plaintiffs, including 18 Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans as well as a Palestinian village council, alleged a conspiracy among many defendants to expel non-Jews from the disputed territories, and accused the defendants of committing or aiding in genocide and other war crimes.
Other defendants included the billionaire Larry Ellison, Bank Leumi BM and Bank Hapoalim BM, construction and support companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co and Volvo AB, 13 nonprofits, and the United States.
The lawyer for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A lawyer for the individual, nonprofit and corporate defendants, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice, did not immediately respond to similar requests.
In dismissing the case, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington had said it was “inappropriate” for her to resolve the issue of the settlements, because it was “close to the heart of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and central to the United States’ foreign policy decision-making in the region.”
But in Tuesday’s decision, without ruling on the merits, Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson said the only political question concerned who had sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied territories.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-s-vs-adelson-others-is-revived-idUSKCN1Q826S
Israel security forces may be guilty of war crimes over killings of Palestinians in Gaza, UN says
Some 189 were killed and more than 6,100 wounded during clashes in 2018
Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes in their crackdown on Palestinian protests last year that left nearly 200 dead, the United Nations has said.
“The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities,” an inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) found.
Some 189 Palestinians were killed and more than 6,100 wounded during clashes in Gaza in 2018.
Protesters used the demonstrations to call for the easing of an Israeli blockade of the territory and recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees there to return to homes in Israel.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...alestine-un-human-rights-report-a8800891.html
Big money
Meet Dr Miriam Adelson: the record-breaking Republican donor driving Trump's Israel policy
Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson are widely known for their record donations to Republican causes. Photograph: Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images
The Las Vegas addiction doctor is stepping out of the shadow of her casino billionaire husband and just received a medal from the president
by Christina Binkley
Mon 7 Jan 2019
When Dr Miriam Adelson was awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s top civilian honor,by Donald Trump in November, the public response ranged from disdainful to “who?” Her husband, the casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is widely known for his record donations to Republican causes, as well as passionate support for conservative Israeli interests. Many news articles about the award described Miriam solely as his wife.
But Miriam’s influence has been deeper than many credit, although she appears to have been perfectly comfortable remaining in her 85-year-old husband’s shadow until recently.
Donald Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson at the White House on 16 November 2018. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
One of the few outward hints of Miriam’s powerful role comes with the couple’s his-and-hers political contributions – made to the same candidates and causes, in identical amounts. When the couple gave $30m to the Congressional Leadership Fund, dedicated to electing Republicans to the US House of Representatives, last May, it was $15m from him and $15m from her.
Miriam turns out to be far wealthier than her husband, who was ranked #21 on the Forbes 2018 billionaire ranking. She appears nowhere on the Forbes list, but according to the corporate filings of the Las Vegas Sands Corp casino company, which accounts for the bulk of the couple’s wealth, she directly controls a 41.6% stake, compared to her husband’s 10%.
Worth $17.4bn at the current stock price, her holdings make Miriam wealthier than a number of the world’s richest men, including Rupert Murdoch and Charles Schwab.
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/07/meet-dr-miriam-adelson-the-record-breaking-republican-donor-driving-trumps-israel-policy
Palestinians dressed in striped T-shirts mimicking internment camp outfits hold up signs with slogans written in Hebrew reading “Soldiers, we are not objects, we are humans,” “Gaza is the biggest and the ugliest prison in the world,” “Gaza is a Nazi victim” and “Humanitarian disaster in Gaza, we want a solution” at a demonstration.
32 Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli snipers firing during Gaza border protests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK9LWhsd3QI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRdKk00Uj5Y
US blocks UN call for independent probe of Gaza protests
16h ago
Update :
Ivanka Trump and Kushner 'blessed' by top Israeli rabbi who compared black people to 'monkeys'
However, this NYDN cover may have crossed the line:
Pompeo says God may have sent Trump to save Israel from Iran
US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements
By
MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer
November 19, 2019
6 min read
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Monday said it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be a violation of international law, reversing four decades of American policy and further undermining the Palestinians’ effort to gain statehood.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is repudiating the 1978 State Department legal opinion that held that civilian settlements in the occupied territories are “inconsistent with international law.” Israeli leaders welcomed the decision while Palestinians and other nations warned that it undercut any chance of a broader peace deal.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-soften-position-israeli-settlements-west-bank-67109411
U.S. appeals court revives a $1 billion lawsuit by Palestinians seeking to hold billionaire Sheldon Adelson and more than 30 other pro-Israel defendants liable for alleged war crimes and support of Israeli settlements
Jonathan Stempel
3 Min Read
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has revived a $1 billion lawsuit by Palestinians seeking to hold billionaire Sheldon Adelson and more than 30 other pro-Israel defendants liable for alleged war crimes and support of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
FILE PHOTO: Casino magnate and Republican political contributor Sheldon Adelson stands to be recognized as he attends a ceremony where U.S. President Donald Trump is awarding a Presidential Medal of Freedom to his wife Miriam Adelson in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. November 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
In a 3-0 decision on Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said a federal district judge wrongly concluded in August 2017 that all of the plaintiffs’ claims raised political questions that could not be decided in American courts.
The plaintiffs, including 18 Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans as well as a Palestinian village council, alleged a conspiracy among many defendants to expel non-Jews from the disputed territories, and accused the defendants of committing or aiding in genocide and other war crimes.
Other defendants included the billionaire Larry Ellison, Bank Leumi BM and Bank Hapoalim BM, construction and support companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co and Volvo AB, 13 nonprofits, and the United States.
The lawyer for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A lawyer for the individual, nonprofit and corporate defendants, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice, did not immediately respond to similar requests.
In dismissing the case, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington had said it was “inappropriate” for her to resolve the issue of the settlements, because it was “close to the heart of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and central to the United States’ foreign policy decision-making in the region.”
But in Tuesday’s decision, without ruling on the merits, Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson said the only political question concerned who had sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied territories.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-s-vs-adelson-others-is-revived-idUSKCN1Q826S
Israel security forces may be guilty of war crimes over killings of Palestinians in Gaza, UN says
Some 189 were killed and more than 6,100 wounded during clashes in 2018
- Tom Batchelor
- Thursday 28 February 2019 10:30
Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes in their crackdown on Palestinian protests last year that left nearly 200 dead, the United Nations has said.
“The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities,” an inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) found.
Some 189 Palestinians were killed and more than 6,100 wounded during clashes in Gaza in 2018.
Protesters used the demonstrations to call for the easing of an Israeli blockade of the territory and recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees there to return to homes in Israel.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...alestine-un-human-rights-report-a8800891.html
Big money
Meet Dr Miriam Adelson: the record-breaking Republican donor driving Trump's Israel policy
Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson are widely known for their record donations to Republican causes. Photograph: Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images
The Las Vegas addiction doctor is stepping out of the shadow of her casino billionaire husband and just received a medal from the president
by Christina Binkley
Mon 7 Jan 2019
When Dr Miriam Adelson was awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s top civilian honor,by Donald Trump in November, the public response ranged from disdainful to “who?” Her husband, the casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is widely known for his record donations to Republican causes, as well as passionate support for conservative Israeli interests. Many news articles about the award described Miriam solely as his wife.
But Miriam’s influence has been deeper than many credit, although she appears to have been perfectly comfortable remaining in her 85-year-old husband’s shadow until recently.
Donald Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson at the White House on 16 November 2018. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
One of the few outward hints of Miriam’s powerful role comes with the couple’s his-and-hers political contributions – made to the same candidates and causes, in identical amounts. When the couple gave $30m to the Congressional Leadership Fund, dedicated to electing Republicans to the US House of Representatives, last May, it was $15m from him and $15m from her.
Miriam turns out to be far wealthier than her husband, who was ranked #21 on the Forbes 2018 billionaire ranking. She appears nowhere on the Forbes list, but according to the corporate filings of the Las Vegas Sands Corp casino company, which accounts for the bulk of the couple’s wealth, she directly controls a 41.6% stake, compared to her husband’s 10%.
Worth $17.4bn at the current stock price, her holdings make Miriam wealthier than a number of the world’s richest men, including Rupert Murdoch and Charles Schwab.
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/07/meet-dr-miriam-adelson-the-record-breaking-republican-donor-driving-trumps-israel-policy
Palestinians dressed in striped T-shirts mimicking internment camp outfits hold up signs with slogans written in Hebrew reading “Soldiers, we are not objects, we are humans,” “Gaza is the biggest and the ugliest prison in the world,” “Gaza is a Nazi victim” and “Humanitarian disaster in Gaza, we want a solution” at a demonstration.
32 Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli snipers firing during Gaza border protests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK9LWhsd3QI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRdKk00Uj5Y
US blocks UN call for independent probe of Gaza protests
16h ago
Update :
Ivanka Trump and Kushner 'blessed' by top Israeli rabbi who compared black people to 'monkeys'
However, this NYDN cover may have crossed the line:
Pompeo says God may have sent Trump to save Israel from Iran
US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements
By
MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer
November 19, 2019
6 min read
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Monday said it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be a violation of international law, reversing four decades of American policy and further undermining the Palestinians’ effort to gain statehood.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is repudiating the 1978 State Department legal opinion that held that civilian settlements in the occupied territories are “inconsistent with international law.” Israeli leaders welcomed the decision while Palestinians and other nations warned that it undercut any chance of a broader peace deal.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-soften-position-israeli-settlements-west-bank-67109411
