U.S. courts allow American so sue foreign defendants. I am all for that, by the standards should be universal.

[Their] are Americans who went to Israel and came home with enduring wounds after they were caught in attacks claimed by Hamas, the militant Islamic organization that took over the Palestinian government last month.

These victims of terrorism in a foreign land seek more than healing; they want justice, but lack a clear remedy. So they are trying a novel strategy: going after banks they say helped to finance Palestinian terrorism.

They are among some 50 Americans — either survivors or relatives of people killed in attacks — who have filed multimillion dollar suits in federal court in Brooklyn against three prominent international banks, Arab Bank, NatWest and Crédit Lyonnais. The suits charge that the banks helped to channel funds to Hamas, which the United States designated as a terrorist organization in 1997. . . .

[And] in 2004 a federal court in Chicago ordered three Islamic charities and a fund-raiser in the United States to pay $156 million in damages to the parents of David Boim, who was killed by Hamas.

I am not necessarily opposed to these two cases, I would have to consider the merit. But that is not my contention, what is the issue here is hypocrisy. Apparently, in U.S. courts victims of terrorism committed by Arabs and Muslims can sue, but victims of Israeli terrorism are not entitled to have their day in court:

A federal appeals court says a former Israeli security chief cannot be sued in the United States for 15 deaths in a Gaza City bombing.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Thursday in New York.

The court said Avraham Dichter was immune under common law from being held responsible for the July 2002 bombing of an apartment complex.

Dichter was director of the Israeli Security Agency at the time.

A lower court rejected a 2005 lawsuit. It sought class action status for bombing survivors and victims’ families.

They tried to sue under laws used by Holocaust survivors and relatives of people killed or tortured under despotic regimes.

This is sheer hypocrisy and a reflection of the double-standards in U.S. dealing with Israel.

Sources: US court: Ex-Israeli cabinet member cannot be sued

Hurt by Hamas, Americans Sue Banks in U.S.