Shurat hadin

Targeting terror, defending its victims: Shurat HaDin’s legal offensive

Shurat HaDin founder Nitsana Darshan-Leitner discusses lawsuits targeting terror financing, legal efforts to protect IDF soldiers abroad, and cases against organizations accused of aiding Hamas.

NITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER, founder-president of the Shurat HaDin Law Center.
Adv. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, President of Shurat HaDin

Shurat HaDin, representing victims of the October 7 massacre

 (L-R): Joseph Gitler, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, and Anat Vidor

No. 44: Anat Vidor, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, and Joseph Gitler

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Esq., President of Shurat HaDin

Shurat HaDin releases report on Cape Town bombing attempt


NGO threatens to sue Citibank as ‘pay for slay’ terrorist funds conduit

Allowing such “pay for slay” funds to pass through its accounts could expose Citibank to both civil and criminal liability under the US Anti Terrorism Act.

Citibank

Holding China responsible for the damages of COVID-19

The Stop COVID Act would make China legally and financially liable for damages caused by the virus in the US.

NITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER, director of Shurat HaDin.

Can China be sued for the spread of Covid-19? Watch

State sponsors of terrorism can be held liable for the terror acts they support and finance. So, can China face legal liability for its role in the global coronavirus pandemic?

A man wears a mask as he walks past a mural showing a modified image of the Chinese Communist Party emblem in Shanghai, China after the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, January 28, 2020

Ohana on court decision against PA terror: Our judges not from UN

Shurat Hadin pursued the case for years on behalf of eight victims’ families relating to 17 complaints before the decision which could lead to damages as high as $1 billion.

Acting Justice Minister Amir Ohana speaks at a Shurat Hadin conference, Jerusalem, February 5, 2020

Shurat Hadin's legal warrior is bringing justice to terror victims

#47: Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Tel Aviv NGO petitions court to bar Ilhan Omar from entering Israel

Shurat Hadin, also known as the Israel Law Center, filed a motion requiring that the Interior Minister Aryeh Deri does not allow Omar to enter the country because of her support for BDS.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) participates in a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, April 10, 2019

NGO threatens Facebook with lawsuit over Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV account

Because the state-owned TV channel in Gaza is run by Hamas, Facebook's maintenance of its account is comparable to providing the organization with support and resources, the letter alleges.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on stage during a town hall at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California September 27, 2015.

36. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Bankrupting terrorists – and taking their boats

Shurat Hadin director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner.

Israeli NGO sues European Investment Bank for suspected ties with Iran

To date, Iran has refused to compensate terror victims and is continuing to provide financial support to terrorist groups throughout the world.

Missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran

NGO gets court order to seize Gaza flotilla to compensate terror victims

The petition leading to the court order was filed on behalf of the Gavish family, who was killed in the 2002 Passover terrorist attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya.

SOLDIERS BOARD one of the two Gaza-bound boats carrying pro-Palestinian activists in the Mediterranean Sea in 2011