Terrorism Law Unconstitutional in Palestinian Authority Case

A 2019 law to help victims of terrorism applies to a long-running case against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization involving Israel attacks, but it is unconstitutional in its application, a federal court in New York ruled.

The Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act “deems” that a party has consented to a court’s jurisdiction over it when it engages in certain conduct, Judge George B. Daniels said Thursday for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

That conduct includes paying families of people who were killed while committing acts of terrorism, ...