LAWYERS ARGUE THAT TERRORISM AGAINST ISRAEL DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY INTERNATIONAL NORM

Reuters Gets a Court Test (WSJ-BOTW)
"The Jordan-based Arab Bank yesterday asked a federal judge in Brooklyn to dismiss a lawsuit brought by thousands of Israelis who claim the bank fueled terrorism by providing payments to the relatives of suicide bombers," the New York Sun reports:

Lawyers for the bank said that the 4,000 foreign citizens who are plaintiffs should not be allowed to have their case heard in the American court system. They argued that terrorism against Israel does not violate any "international norm." Lawyers for the bank said that some 80 countries, most Islamic or African, do not consider Palestinian Arab suicide bombers to be terrorists.

"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter--that holding is binding on this court," said an attorney for the bank, Kevin Walsh of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae.

Hmm, where have we heard that before? Oh yes, it was how the Reuters "news" service described its effort to treat terrorists and their victims "on a level playing field." Maybe Reuters can file an amicus brief on the Arab Bank's behalf.