Massive Financial Penalties Sought to Disable Al Jazeera

"Under the ATA [U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act], any American institution, organization or company that provides any sort of services to the designated [terror] organization is liable, criminally and civilly for the wrongful acts of the designated organization."

"Al Jazeera provided services to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. They pay Hamas terrorists to serve as their journalists. They're not really journalists, but they give the access to what's going on inside closed doors, inside the Hamas command, inside the Gaza Strip."

"Al Jazeera provides Hamas with tremendous services to spread their propaganda, to disseminate their genocidal narrative, to help them to achieve their goals, which are committing terrorism and destroying the State of Israel."

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Attorney, Lawsuit Leader 

Al Jazeera network is based in Qatar (AFP)

 

A legal battle is  underway for justice on behalf of all those affected by the savage attacks carried out by thousands of Palestinian terrorists led by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. American victims of October 7 have filed a lawsuit against Al Jazeera Media Network and its American subsidiary, in the U.S. district court for the District of Columbia.

 

Brought under the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act, the lawsuit charges that the news organization based in Qatar provided direct support to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, terror groups designated as such in the United States.

 

According to the plaintiffs, Al Jazeera acted as an accomplice for terrorist propaganda and recruitment. It incited violence through broadcasts, employed people with connections to Hamas and PIJ, paid for interviews with terrorist leaders, and disseminated extremist narratives. According to the lawsuit, responsible for actions that contributed to the planning and execution of the October 7 bloodbath where over 1,200 people were murdered and 250 taken hostage into Gaza. 

 

The Bibas Family

 

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder of Shurat HaDin, an Israeli NGO which takes legal action to combat terrorism, is leading the case. "We were determined to file this case and to get it into court as soon as possible. We wanted to hold accountable all those parties and groups that assisted Hamas in murdering the innocent Bibas family, and also all the victims of October 7."

 

"Ultimately, if we win this case, Al Jazeera will not exist as it does today. They will have to shut down, because the way Al Jazeera is handling their media broadcasts and handling their biased journalism, is literally aiding and abetting terrorism. Wherever they go, whatever they do, they endorse extremist terrorism, not only Hamas but also every other anti-Israel, anti-Western terror organization."

"Its reporters are embedded with all the Palestinian organizations in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world. We know that Qatar is the ATM for many terrorist organizations in the world. And therefore, Al Jazeera is the voice of Qatar, supporting them as well, not necessarily monetarily per se, but with the media broadcasts and services, and therefore, if the families win a judgement, every terror victim can bring a similar lawsuit against Al Jazeera."

Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder, Shurat HaDin

Al Jazeera is being sued in the US by a group of October 7 survivors (Image: Getty)