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Law for the Compensation of Victims of Terror (Exemplary Damages), 5784-2024

חוק לפיצוי קורבנות טרור (פיצויים לדוגמה), תשפ"ד-2024

Published: 2024-03-12Last amended 2026-06-10✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Definitions§

1.

In this Law –

"Pensions Law" – the Victims of Hostile Action (Pensions) Law, 5730-1970;

"act of terror" – as defined in the Counter-Terrorism Law, 5776-2016;

"terror rewarder" – a person who transfers funds in connection with an act of terror for the benefit of the perpetrator of the act of terror or of a person acting on the perpetrator's behalf, including a body of persons whether incorporated or unincorporated, as well as the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organisation or a person acting on their behalf;

"victim" and "family member" of a victim – as defined in the Pensions Law;

"exemplary damages" – damages that are not contingent on loss, as referred to in Section 2;

"Civil Wrongs Ordinance" – the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version];

"Palestinian Authority" – the Council as defined in the Emergency Regulations (Judaea and Samaria – Jurisdiction over Offences and Legal Assistance), 5727-1967, as their validity has been extended and their text amended by law from time to time.

Exemplary Damages§

2.
(a)Where an act of terror caused the death of a person, that person's heirs shall be entitled to exemplary damages from the perpetrator of the act of terror, from the terror rewarder or from a person whose liability has been determined pursuant to sections 12 to 14 of the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version], in the amount of NIS 10,000,000, in addition to any other damages awarded, if awarded, in a torts claim filed in respect of the same act.
(b)Where a person was harmed by an act of terror and sustained permanent disability, whether determined pursuant to the Pensions Law or determined in a torts claim, that person shall be entitled to exemplary damages from the perpetrator of the act of terror, from the terror rewarder or from a person whose liability has been determined pursuant to sections 12 to 14 of the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version], in the amount of NIS 5,000,000, in addition to any other damages awarded, if awarded in that person's favour, in a torts claim filed in respect of the same act.
(c)Exemplary damages awarded pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall not be deducted from any amount paid by the State or by any of its institutions to the victim or to a family member thereof, including pursuant to the Pensions Law.
(d)
(1)Enforcement of a judgment in which exemplary damages have been determined pursuant to this Law may be made from any asset of a terror rewarder, including any asset seized or frozen by the State of Israel, pursuant to the provisions of any law;
(2)Enforcement of a judgment in which exemplary damages have been determined pursuant to this Law against a terror rewarder or against a person whose liability has been determined pursuant to sections 12 to 14 of the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version] who is the Palestinian Authority shall not be made from funds transferred in accordance with the provisions of the implementation laws as defined in the Law for the Freezing and Deduction of Funds Paid by the Palestinian Authority in Connection with Terror from the Funds Transferred to It from the Government of Israel, 5778-2018, except for funds that are frozen funds pursuant to section 4 of that Law or funds deducted in accordance with the provisions of section 5(d) of that Law.
(e)For the purposes of this Law, a defendant is presumed to be a terror rewarder in respect of an act of terror that caused death or disability pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), if its policy of providing reward in connection with acts of terror is implemented by way of primary legislation, subsidiary legislation or the giving of instructions for the payment of funds for that purpose, as long as the terror rewarder has not proved otherwise.

Limitation on the Application of the Victims of Hostile Action (Pensions) Law§

3.

For the purposes of the provisions of section 17(b) of the Pensions Law, this Law shall not be regarded as another law for the purposes of the definition "compensation under another law" in section 36(b) of the Disabled Persons Law (Pensions and Rehabilitation), 5719-1959 [Consolidated Version] and in section 21a of the Families of Soldiers Killed in Action Law (Pensions and Rehabilitation), 5710-1950.

Application§

4.

The provisions of this Law shall apply to a claim against a perpetrator of an act of terror, a terror rewarder or against a person whose liability has been determined pursuant to sections 12 to 14 of the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version] in connection with an act of terror that had not become time-barred or that was pending on the eve of the commencement of this Law.

Commencement§

5.

This Law shall commence on the 24th of Iyar 5784 (1 June 2024).

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