The lawsuit, based on U.S. anti-terror laws, claims that the Qatari network knowingly assisted and helped terrorist organizations spread propaganda, recruit activists and incite violence.
For the first time since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, 2023, Israelis are suing the Al Jazeera network over its coverage of the terrorist group and the massacre it led. The lawsuit was filed to the federal court in Washington by dozens of Oct. 7 victims, including Morris Schneider, the uncle of Shiri Bibas, who was murdered in Hamas captivity along with her two children, Kfir and Ariel.
Schneider, the brother of Shiri’s mother, Margit Silberman, who was murdered along with her husband Yossi in Nir Oz on Oct. 7, said upon filing the lawsuit that “the cruel murder of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel by terrorists from Gaza is an inconceivable atrocity that has destroyed our family forever, and has caused pain to millions of good people around the world.
“The kidnapping and barbaric murder of toddlers is unimaginable; only pure evil can see a child as a threat or enemy. The punishment for murdering a baby in a civilized society is severe and rightfully so. All the more so when it involves kidnapping, torture and murder. We can never erase from our minds their suffering and the torture they endured before their deaths at the hands of terrorists. No person with a shred of humanity could.