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Israel group's fight for claim to the name of "Shurat Hadin"

A group of Israeli-based lawyers are urging Australian survivors and their families to sign up for the class action program for insurance firms who's Holocaust era antecedents failed in their obligation to pay on insurance policies owned by displaced European Jews.

Nitsana darshan-Leitner is an Israeli human-rights advocate and Israeli attorney. She founded Shurat HaDin Israel Law Centre. The AJN announced that it's initiative Project Last Chance will pursue insurance firms that used the chaos and Shoah to dodge paying claims for victims, survivors or their successors.

"My mission now is to ensure that victims receive compensation towards the end of their life. Israel Law Center It's money that survivors are owed, it's them money. https://www.zoominfo.com/c/shurat-hadin/207110422 You can insure your assets, such as your house and life, but nobody can take it from you.

Darshan Leitner said that US Senate estimates showed that up to $200 billion dollars was snatched away from Jewish policyholders because of delinquent WWII insurance companies from the time of WWII. Israel Law Center There are numerous traceable successor entities in the marketplace today which could be traced back to these liabilities.

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/jewish-defense-league Shurat HaDin is leveraging its expertise in pursuing financial institutions, such as banks harbouring the assets of terrorist organisations.

"We've taken on litigation against nations, banks, and companies who have supported or encouraged the spread of terrorism. We're experts and are not scared to go after countries, big companies or banks with huge international reach," she added.


Shurat haDin is also launching legal proceedings in Israel to gain access to a database of around 140,000 Holocaust survivors and their descendants. This database is part Israel's Project Heart. It includes approximately 2 million assets. The Israeli government in coordination with Jewish Agency for Israel invited applicants to take part in the restitution program. But, the scheme was ended abruptly and left all participants in limbo.

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/9494882 Shurat HaDin approached the government but got no response. Israel's Labour and Social Services Ministry has denied the claim that Project Heart was intended to offer individuals with claims. nitsana darshan leitner https://www.icc-cpi.int/CourtRecords/CR2020_00473.PDF Therefore, the claimants can't be identified. A theory suggests Israel underestimated European governments' intransigence when confronted with the list that included hundreds of thousands of claimants.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/tagged/shurat-hadin Darshan Leitner said Darshan Leitner explained that Project Heart participants could be candidates for class actions under Project Last Chance if their identities were disclosed to Shurat haDin.

She said Project Last Chance is taking an approach that is different from the Claims Conference, established in 1951, which has petitioned governments to grant Holocaust reparations, instead of attacking companies and companies directly.

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