Sderot Families Sue Egypt for Aiding Terrorists

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by Hana Levi Julian

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/124826

(IsraelNN.com) Ten families from Sderot are planning to sue Egypt in the Be’er Sheva District Court on Monday for its role in attacks by Gaza terrorists on their city. All 10 families have loved ones who were murdered or seriously wounded in Kassam rocket attacks launched by terrorists from Gaza.

The petitioners argue that Egypt has deliberately assisted the terrorists in smuggling weapons into Gaza and that those weapons have been used in the production and launching of rockets that exploded in Sderot. The lawsuit also accuses Egypt of deliberately allowing Gaza terrorists to cross the border in order to participate in advanced terror training camps held in Iran, Syria and elsewhere. Egypt further facilitated the terrorists’ activities by allowing them to cross the border back into Gaza with their deadly newfound knowledge, often with huge amounts of cash as well.

According to a year-end report by the General Security Service (Shin Bet), Gaza has become the leading source of terrorism in recent years. Not only does the area serve as a launch site for attacks on the western Negev, but it has also become the leading exporter of terrorist technology and training to Palestinian Authority terrorists in Judea and Samaria.

More than 1,200 rockets were launched at Israeli targets from Gaza in 2007, according to the report. Of those, 800 exploded within the pre-1967 borders of Israel.

The families, represented by Attorney Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, head of the Israel Law Center (Shurat HaDin), are demanding NIS 260 million in damages.

[kayecy]

1. Waste of time - Sovereign Immunity

"The doctrine of foreign sovereign immunity provides that a foreign state generally is immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of another sovereign state. State immunity developed as an “undisputed principle of customary international law” and the law of nations based upon core aspects of sovereignty applicable in common law, civil law and other judicial systems."

[bemildred]

2. Yeah, but it gets you some attention.

Which can be hard to come by when your government is embarrassed by your situation.
But you are right, Israeli courts can't compel Egypt.