The suit is not a class action, but Solidarity and Cohen say they plan to soon seek class action status on behalf of all the plaintiffs next month. The current plaintiffs are individual United States citizens or resident aliens, all of whom are Palestinian-Americans.
According to Solidarity, the plaintiffs claims arise out of torture, killing, and destruction of property by and with the support of the Israeli and United States governments, named leaders of these governments, named military corporations, named organizations, including one Israeli settlement and one Christian church, and named individual defendants.
Among the defendants are the state of Israel, Ariel Sharon, Natan Sharanski, Shimon Peres, George Bush, Colin Powell, the Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, the Halamish/Neve Settlement, Christ Lutheran Church, Central Fund for Israel, Rabbi Yosef Adler, Arnon Hiller, Joav Merrick, Ruth Kohn, Jay Marcus (the last eight of which are designated collectively as the "Settler Defendants").
In response to the expected filing, the Israeli Knesset passed a bill this week to protect Israel, its leaders and citizens from being subject to legal penalties based on any actions related to the Palestinians. They defined military actions as wide enough to encompass any activity in Palestinian areas including home demolitions, building roads, confiscating lands, bulldozing trees, and injuring or killing civilians (regardless of circumstances).
According to Solidarity, the plaintiffs claims arise out of torture, killing, and destruction of property by and with the support of the Israeli and United States governments, named leaders of these governments, named military corporations, named organizations, including one Israeli settlement and one Christian church, and named individual defendants.
Among the defendants are the state of Israel, Ariel Sharon, Natan Sharanski, Shimon Peres, George Bush, Colin Powell, the Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, the Halamish/Neve Settlement, Christ Lutheran Church, Central Fund for Israel, Rabbi Yosef Adler, Arnon Hiller, Joav Merrick, Ruth Kohn, Jay Marcus (the last eight of which are designated collectively as the "Settler Defendants").
In response to the expected filing, the Israeli Knesset passed a bill this week to protect Israel, its leaders and citizens from being subject to legal penalties based on any actions related to the Palestinians. They defined military actions as wide enough to encompass any activity in Palestinian areas including home demolitions, building roads, confiscating lands, bulldozing trees, and injuring or killing civilians (regardless of circumstances).