In a civil litigation action filed in, 2011, a resident of Israel, Mati Gill, sued Arab Bank for damages under the Anti-Terrorism Act for injuries he sustained in an alleged terrorist attack that occurred in Israel in 2008.[34] Gill alleged he sustained wounds as a result of gunfire shot from Gaza into Israel that he attributed to Hamas.[34] In his complaint, Gill asserts the Bank acted recklessly, knowingly or intentionally in processing financial transactions that benefited individuals and organizations that were allegedly affiliated with Hamas, and that this contributed to Hamas’s ability to conduct terrorist attacks.[35] On 12 September 2012, Senior Judge Jack B. Weinstein found Plaintiff Gill failed to show the bank directly caused the attack, dismissing his claim that the Bank aided and abetted Hamas.[36] Judge Weinstein dismissed the Plaintiff’s claims in their entirety on 6 November 2012[37] after concluding that “the evidence does not prove that the Bank acted with an improper state of mind or proximately caused plaintiffs injury.”[38]
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