Two American women - one an Israeli citizen who was widowed as a result of the Kfar Darom bus bombing three months ago by Palestinian terrorists, and one who was injured in the same attack - filed suit today in an American court against the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, and other PA security officers. The bomb killed two adults and wounded nine people - mostly elementary school children, including three siblings who lost their legs in the blast. A similar suit was filed in Israeli courts earlier this week.
The plaintiffs in today\'s suit are Avigail Biton, whose husband Gabi was killed in the bombing, and Rachel Asraf, a New York resident who suffered burns and other injuries. Israeli officials announced after the bombing that Israel had \"hard evidence\" that it was organized and carried out under the direct supervision of Mohammed Dahlan and Rashid Abu Shabak, the Commander and Deputy Commander of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service. The Biton-Asraf suit is based on the Antiterrorism Act of 1991 which allows U.S. citizens harmed by overseas terrorist attacks to bring suit for their damages in U.S. federal courts. The amount of damages sought by Biton and Asraf - $250 million - is based on the damages awarded by a U.S. District Court to the family of Alisa Flatow, an American Jewish student who was killed by a Palestinian terrorist bus bombing in Gaza in 1995.
The plaintiffs in today\'s suit are Avigail Biton, whose husband Gabi was killed in the bombing, and Rachel Asraf, a New York resident who suffered burns and other injuries. Israeli officials announced after the bombing that Israel had \"hard evidence\" that it was organized and carried out under the direct supervision of Mohammed Dahlan and Rashid Abu Shabak, the Commander and Deputy Commander of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service. The Biton-Asraf suit is based on the Antiterrorism Act of 1991 which allows U.S. citizens harmed by overseas terrorist attacks to bring suit for their damages in U.S. federal courts. The amount of damages sought by Biton and Asraf - $250 million - is based on the damages awarded by a U.S. District Court to the family of Alisa Flatow, an American Jewish student who was killed by a Palestinian terrorist bus bombing in Gaza in 1995.