Now, here's a lawsuit I can support....
An Israeli seeks damages from the EU...
Israeli and Belgian lawyers acting for Eyal Katorza, who is also a French citizen, are preparing a legal case demanding that the EU does more to protect the 300,000 Europeans living in Israel.
Legal documents, seen by The Daily Telegraph, have accused the EU of indirectly funding Palestinian terrorism because of a failure to "prevent the misuse of European funds by non-profit organisations which use these funds to finance terrorism".
Mr Katorza has demanded EU "reparations for lost job income, reparations for physical and psychological damages, reparations for property damages, monies for reinforced buildings against missiles or any other military projectiles".
The dual French-Israeli citizen, from Sderot in Israel's Negev region, has lost his job and family business because of Qassam rocket attacks launched from the Gaza strip by Hamas.
His lawyers have cited clauses in the EU Treaties that offer protection to Europeans even while they are living abroad.
Mordechai Tzivin, Mr Katorza's Israeli lawyer, has appealed to other EU-Israeli citizens to join the action, to be launched later this week, a call that has been supported by the European Citizens Council in Israel.
"We plan to add to the claim any Israeli who holds a European passport and who lives within terrorist-rocket range," he said.
"The EU grants hundreds of millions of euros a year in aid to Gaza, and it is inconceivable that European citizens should be harmed by money supplied by the EU. It's time that the EU takes responsibility."
posted by GayandRight @ 10:02 AM
2 Comments:
It's bloody brilliant!! I love it!!! Good on this attorney. Maybe now it will make some kind of mark.
A very interesting case indeed. I wish them the best of luck, but I suspect that this case won't get far beyond the filing of the initial motions. My guess (based on nothing but a gut feeling, really) is that an EU court would rule that this is a political question and not a legal one.
I would also suggest that this case falls in the same category of lawfare, similar to the hundreds of actions brought by Palestinians against Israelis in EU jurisdictions. Not that I'm opposed to this type of lawfare, but rather that it's an attempt to accomplish legally what seems to be impossible diplomatically or militarily.
I'll be very interested to see the outcome.
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