RAMALLAH, Thursday, August 24, 2023 (WAFA) - Finance Minister Shukri Bishara today announced a breakthrough in a court case filed against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the United States that resulted in dropping the Levine case.

Bishara said the Levine case was filed in US courts in 2021 when plaintiffs demanded $1 billion in damages, alleging the responsibility of the PA and the PLO for an operation that took place in Jerusalem in 2014.

He said that a legal success was achieved in this case despite the US administration's support for the plaintiffs' position, attributing the success to the defense lawyers who defended the position of the PA and PLO and their success so far in refuting and defeating 30 court cases over the past years for no less than $4.5 billion in judicial claims.

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