A federal law under which U.S. nationals can sue for damages for acts of international terrorism does not allow for aiding and abetting liability, Eastern District Judge Jack Weinstein (See Profile) has ruled.
Resolving unsettled questions of law concerning the Anti-Terrorism Act, Weinstein said Arab Bank could not be held liable on an aiding and abetting theory for its alleged funding of Hamas, accused of wounding Mati Gill, a U.S. and Israeli citizen, by a weapon or weapons fired from Gaza into Israel in 2008.
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