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A federal court in the US has frozen all the assets held by the Palestinian Authority ¶ in the country.
The ruling by the court in Rhode Island comes after the authority failed to compensate relatives of a Jewish couple shot dead by Hamas militants in 1996.
Both the PA and Hamas were ordered to compensate the family, under a American law allowing suits against groups responsible for killing US citizens.
The Palestinian envoy in Washington said the order paralyses his office. The PA’s assets in the US are reported to be worth at least 1.3bn.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4199548.stm
The ruling by the court in Rhode Island comes after the authority failed to compensate relatives of a Jewish couple shot dead by Hamas militants in 1996.
Both the PA and Hamas were ordered to compensate the family, under a American law allowing suits against groups responsible for killing US citizens.
The Palestinian envoy in Washington said the order paralyses his office. The PA’s assets in the US are reported to be worth at least 1.3bn.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4199548.stm