Palestine/Hamas BTFO

https://theglobepost.com/2019/01/22/palestine-us-aid-atca/

Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat confirmed that the Palestinian Authority has demanded all funding stop at the end of the January for fear they would expose themselves to costly lawsuits under the U.S. Anti Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA) which is about to come into force.

The ATCA legislation passed by Congress last year provides for any government that receives funding to be subject to U.S. counterterrorism laws.

In September, staff at the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees went on strike in the Gaza Strip to protest against U.S. funding cuts and job losses.

Around 13,000 people work for the agency in Gaza, and UNRWA said the funding deficit caused by the Trump administration’s withdrawal of support is so severe that personnel cuts are unavoidable.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5954/text

“(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes of any civil action under section 2333 of this title, a defendant shall be deemed to have consented to personal jurisdiction in such civil action if, regardless of the date of the occurrence of the act of international terrorism upon which such civil action was filed, the defendant—