Palestinian groups urge Supreme Court to pause $655M Intifada damages award

Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a lower-court order requiring them to pay about $655 million to American victims of the Second Intifada. After decades of legal wrangling, a 2026 ruling reinstated the award; the groups argue that ongoing payments would strain government resources and jeopardize security while they challenge whether the lower court could reinstate the award after recent legal changes, including the 2019 law expanding victims' ability to sue and a 2025 Supreme Court ruling allowing suits on U.S. soil.