Legal Opinion
Rivka Livnat v. Palestinian Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 24, 2017No. 15-7024 Consolidated with 15-7025PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
In 2011, Jewish worshippers were shot by armed gunmen at Joseph’s Tomb, a holy site in the West Bank believed by many to be the burial place of the biblical patriarch. Among the victims were Ben-Yosef Livnat, who .was killed, and U.S. citizens Yitzhak Safra and Natan Safra, who were wounded in the gunfire. The Livnat and Safra families brought suit in federal district court seeking to hold the Palestinian Authority vicariously liable for the attack. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the suits may not be brought in the courts of the United States.
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