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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Shira and Amichai Ish-Ran, both injured on December 9, 2018 when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on Israelis near the settlement of Ofra, hold a press conference at the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on December 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
November 15, 2019, 11:13 am
Families of Israeli terror victims suing Hamas for half a billion shekels
In precedent, lawsuit also targets 3 Gazan money changers who helped fund terror and have US assets frozen by authorities, meaning any ruling on damages can potentially be enforced
By Michael Bachner
In this March 6, 2019, file photo, US Rep. Ilhan Omar sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
July 31, 2019, 8:30 pm
NGO petitions to prevent US Rep. Ilhan Omar from entering Israel
Shurat HaDin asks court to demand that Interior Minister Aryeh Deri bar Democrat lawmaker over her support for boycotts against Jewish state
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protesting against Israel in New York City, June 2016. (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
December 21, 2018, 10:54 am
US fundraising site suspends BDS account over alleged terror ties
Boycott campaign removed over complaint that notes its affiliation to umbrella group of Palestinian factions including Hamas and Islamic Jihad
By Agencies
Lorde performs at Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 16, 2017. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
October 12, 2018, 10:40 pm
New Zealand activists dismiss Israeli court’s damages order over Lorde concert
Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab say ruling aims ‘to intimidate Israel’s critics,’ vow to raise funds for Gaza mental health organization instead
By AP and ToI Staff
Lorde performs at Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 16, 2017. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
October 11, 2018, 9:47 pm
Israeli court says New Zealand activists must pay for Lorde cancellation
Two women ordered to pay over $12,000 in damages to disappointed fans in first-ever successful civil suit under 2011 anti-boycott law
By AP and ToI Staff
New Zealand singer Lorde appears in 2013 video for 'Royals.' (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 1, 2018, 8:09 pm
New Zealanders mock legal group for suing over Lorde boycott
Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu Shanab say suit brought by Shurat Hadin on behalf of Israeli fans of pop star has no legitimacy
By ToI Staff
Lorde performs at the 2017 Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, California. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
January 31, 2018, 9:09 am
Israelis sue New Zealanders over Lorde boycott
Legal rights group demands $13,000 from Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab, who took credit for singer’s cancellation of Tel Aviv concert
By Tia Goldenberg
The Peter Stuyvesant statue in New York City stands in a Manhattan square named for him. (Wikimedia Commons)
August 23, 2017, 3:12 am
Should New York City remove statues of its anti-Semitic Dutch governor?
Amid US debate over the removal of Confederacy leaders’ statues, Israeli NGO Shurat Hadin is calling to tear down memorials to 17th century Jew-hater Peter Stuyvesant
By Ben Sales
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner speaks with Mathew Kalman on Sunday, June 4 at the Hirsch Theater in Jerusalem in the latest installment of The Times of Israel Presents. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)
June 6, 2017, 4:48 pm
At ToI event, Israeli attorney shows how ‘lawfare’ could smite terrorists’ warfare
A student trial set Shurat HaDin founder Nitsana Darshan-Leitner on the path to seek justice for victims of terror
By Yaakov Schwartz
Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner has spent the past decade filing lawsuits for the victims of terror attacks against the governments, banks and corporations that enabled or financed the violence. (Courtesy)
May 29, 2017, 5:39 pm
Terror-hunting attorney sets her sights on Western Union and Boeing
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner to discuss ‘lawfare’ tactics at live English event in Jerusalem on June 4
By Matthew Kalman
A caricature by Hasan Abadi encourages Palestinians to stab Israeli soldiers [Facebook image]
May 19, 2017, 1:22 am
NY court drops suit against Facebook over Palestinian incitement
Israeli rights group vows to appeal decision, says judge ‘did not address the issue of aiding and abetting terrorism’
By Agencies
Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir (screen capture: YouTube)
April 27, 2017, 3:27 pm
Terror victim’s mother to court: Withdraw visa of human rights staffer
Mother of Erez Orbach, killed by Palestinian truck driver in Jerusalem, protests government decision to allow boycott proponent to work in Israel
By Sue Surkes
Clockwise, from left: Nitsana Darshan Leitner, Michael Oren, Natan Sharansky. (courtesy)
April 16, 2017, 7:20 pm
Natan Sharansky, Michael Oren headline season of live English events
Program features former Prisoner of Zion, deputy minister, Jerusalem authors and anti-terror lawyer
By Matthew Kalman
Chaya Zissel Braun, a 3-month-old baby killed in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem on October 22, 2014 (Channel 2 Screenshot)
January 12, 2017, 10:52 pm
Iran, Syria ordered to pay $178m to family of infant killed in Jerusalem terror attack
Damages awarded to parents of Chaya Zissel Braun after US court rules both countries complicit in 2014 car-ramming
By JTA
A plane from the Iranian airline Mahan Air, which is backed by the country’s notorious Revolutionary Guard lands at the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen on March 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
December 16, 2016, 6:22 pm
Israeli group asks US court to block Boeing deal with Iran
Shurat HaDin director says NGO will ‘seize all 100 airplanes’ US company intends to deliver to Iran Air, a state-backed airline
By Agencies
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