"Milestone": Yitzhak Amit and the Attorney General Land a Blow on the Palestinian Authority
The Supreme Court rejected the Palestinian Authority's appeals and ruled that it cannot appeal disability ratings determined for terror victims by the National Insurance Institute. The ruling is expected to shorten the path to receiving…
Assessment
The Supreme Court's rejection of Palestinian Authority appeals on disability ratings for terror victims removes a procedural hurdle that had slowed compensation payments. This ruling effectively streamlines a mechanism designed to penalize the PA financially. The key question is how quickly and in what volume these punitive payments will now flow, and whether this creates new diplomatic or security friction.