Israel Matzav: Seeking recognition as a terror victim 80 years later

Seeking recognition as a terror victim 80 years later

This Saturday, the 18th day of the Jewish month of Av, is the 80th anniversary of the Hebron massacre. Hebron's local Arabs, with a wink and a nod from the British, murdered 67 Jews on that Sabbath, and then the British expelled all the Jews from Hebron to which they were not to return until 1967.

Yosef Lazorofsky, 86, survived the Hebron massacre, which claimed the lives of his father, grandfather, uncle and sister. He is one of the few people living today who was a victim of the massacre, and who was old enough at the time to remember it.

After 80 years, Lazorofsky is seeking recognition as a terror victim.

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Israel Matzav: Seeking recognition as a terror victim 80 years later

Israel Matzav: Canada opening its courts to terror victims

Canada opening its courts to terror victims

The Canadian government has introduced legislation that will allow Canadian terror victims to sue terror organizations and rogue states in Canadian courts.

On June 2, the government introduced the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, which will, among other things, permit Canadians to sue foreign states that support terrorists.

The announcement followed a five-year campaign by the Canadian Coalition Against Terror, which consists of victims of the 1985 Air India bombings, 9/11 and other terrorist attacks. If the law makes it through Parliament, Dr. Wise said she might be among those seeking compensation for the act of political violence that left her unable to return to work for more than a decade.

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Israel Matzav: Canada opening its courts to terror victims