A huge lawsuit against Iran, Syria and North Korea

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Kroll Law Firm filed a federal lawsuit today (Monday) alleging that Iran, Syria and North Korea provided Hamas with support that allowed it to carry out the October 7 massacre. The lawsuit, which includes more than 100 plaintiffs, demands monetary compensation in accordance with federal laws in the United States.The lawsuit filed by the world’s leading organization for the prevention of hate crimes and anti-Semitism claims that Iran, Syria and North Korea provided Hamas with military, tactical and financial support that allowed the terrorist organization to carry out the attack on Black Saturday. The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, described the importance of the lawsuit filed by the organization: “Iran is the largest state supporting terrorism and anti-Semitism in the world, along with Syria and North Korea – they must bear responsibility for their part in the largest anti-Semitic attack since the Holocaust.”

Greenblatt added that the League is doing everything in its power to bring justice to the Hamas terrorists and the elements that support them, and he also emphasized that in a world where Jewish pain and suffering is too often erased, the plaintiffs hope that the case will lead to a breakthrough: “It will bring justice to some of the victims and create a record of the brutality The horror of Hamas, which was carried out with the support of these state sponsors of terrorism.”

Foreign countries that support terrorist activities often refuse to honor judgments against them, so the victims will need support from the Fund for Victims of Terrorism of Countries that Support and Finance Terrorism – a fund established by the US Congress in 2015 to ensure consistent and meaningful payments to victims.

One of the plaintiffs, Nahar Neta, whose mother was murdered in Kibbutz Bari, said that although the lawsuit will not assuage the pain, it has the power to do justice and echo the stories from hell: “Nothing will ever heal the unbearable pain Hamas caused our family or the terrible loss we suffered, but we hope For this case to bring some sense of justice, it is important for us to have the opportunity to tell our stories so that the world will hear.”

James Fash, Senior Director of National Litigation at the Anti-Defamation League and the league’s lead attorney in this case, added that beyond the financial compensation to the case, the case is of great importance in terms of the evidence for the massacre: “In a world where the denial of October 7 gained traction almost immediately after the events, this case will the statements about their accuracy in regards to the atrocities that took place that day, and in the end will pave the way for doing justice, for imposing responsibility, and for compensation.”

Each of the more than 100 plaintiffs is a US citizen, or a family member of a US citizen, and the case details the horrors that the victims also experienced at the Nova Festival, Kibbutz Bari, Kibbutz Saad, Kibbutz Kissufim, Bess Sufa, Kibbutz Erez, Kibbutz Alumim, Kibbutz Nir Oz, and the city of Ofakim.