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- Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused to halt a $656 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
- Judgment follows a lawsuit by Americans injured in Israel attacks from 2002-2004.
- Palestinian Authority and PLO said payment would destabilize West Bank services.
- 2nd U.S. Circuit Court reinstated the judgment in March after Supreme Court’s 9-0 June 2025 ruling upholding 2019 Victims of Terrorism Act, which had declined an appeal in 2018.
