Shurat HaDin has won and collected hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments against terror groups and their financiers — seizing bank accounts and assets worldwide, ending the assumption that terrorism is a “free” activity.
A judgment on paper deters nothing; collecting it does. By turning terrorism from a “free” activity into one with real, collectible financial liability, Shurat HaDin has removed the assumption of impunity that let money flow to terror groups unchecked.
A $655M U.S. judgment and NIS 1B in Israeli judgments against the PA/PLO, plus new laws exposing PA tax funds, forced the PA to publicly announce it would end paying salaries scaled to terror attacks.
Facing lawsuits it can no longer dodge and money it can no longer shield, the PA publicly announced it would end its policy of paying salaries to terrorists based on the severity of their attacks — proof that legal pressure achieved what decades of diplomacy could not.
By threatening lawsuits against flotilla insurers, satellite providers, funders and ports — and placing liens on the vessels themselves — Shurat HaDin starved future flotillas of support and turned propaganda ships into seized assets.
With every link in the flotilla’s supply chain exposed, insurers withdrew cover and service providers backed out — starving future flotillas of the infrastructure they need before they reach open water. Seizing the boats went further: propaganda vessels built to embarrass Israel became assets that paid down Hamas’s debt to its victims.
Landmark suits against major international banks processing terror funds sent shockwaves through finance. Today, no responsible bank will knowingly serve a designated terror group or operate in terror-controlled territory.
Today, no responsible bank will knowingly open an account for a designated terror group or operate in a terror-controlled zone such as south Lebanon or Gaza. Shurat HaDin changed the risk calculus of an entire industry — cutting off terrorism’s access to the financial system at its root.
A suit exposing a Hezbollah-linked bank triggered a U.S. criminal probe that shut it down; a parallel case against Bank of China pushed Beijing from indifference to active enforcement against terror financing.
The Lebanese Canadian Bank was shut down entirely — proof that a bank serving as terror’s financial lifeline can be identified, exposed and closed for good. The Bank of China case took that further, moving a state-owned bank, and Beijing with it, from indifference to active enforcement against terror money.
Lawsuits against companies like Airbnb and Ben & Jerry’s for caving to BDS make boycotting Israel costly — warning the next company that capitulation to boycott pressure invites litigation.
These lawsuits make boycotting Israel costly rather than costless, sending a clear message to the next company weighing whether to bow to BDS pressure: capitulation invites litigation, turning boycotts from a “safe” political statement into a legal and financial liability.
Seized Iranian state assets abroad and new suits against Qatari entities financing Hamas prove even state sponsors cannot hide behind sovereign immunity — every dollar seized is denied to Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.
Every dollar of Iranian assets seized is a dollar that cannot reach Hezbollah, Hamas or the Houthis — proof that even a state sponsor hiding behind sovereign immunity can be made to pay a real price. Extending the model to Qatar shows that governments financing terror cannot assume their assets stay beyond the victims’ reach.
Legal defense against “universal jurisdiction” suits and arrest attempts lets IDF soldiers and commanders travel and live abroad without fear of politically motivated prosecution.
Soldiers who defend their country should never fear a courtroom or an airport arrest for doing so. This defense lets IDF servicemen and women travel and live abroad without fear of politically motivated prosecution — protecting the people who protect Israel.
Legal action against Al Jazeera, The New York Times, and the ICC Chief Prosecutor forces accountability on those spreading false narratives, defending Israel’s legitimacy on the world stage.
Left unanswered, these accusations shape international opinion, fuel sanctions, and legitimize further lawfare against Israel. By forcing accountability on those spreading false narratives, Shurat HaDin defends not just Israel’s soldiers, but its legitimacy on the world stage.
Training an “army of lawyers” institutionalizes decades of hard-won knowledge, ensuring Israel’s legal defense is a sustainable, growing capability — not dependent on a handful of individuals.
Every victory above was won by lawyers who had to build this field from scratch. By institutionalizing that knowledge into a legal academy, Shurat HaDin ensures Israel’s legal defense doesn’t depend on a handful of individuals — it becomes a sustainable, growing capability for the future.
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The true story of the Mossad's secret task force that went to war on terror's money, and of the fight that carried it on in the courts.
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“Money drives terrorism. If funding is cut, terrorism is reduced. A groundbreaking look at how spies, soldiers, statesmen, and lawyers waged a relentless campaign to dry up the financial streams that funded terrorism against Israel and the United States. A great read about a compelling issue.”
“Money drives terrorism.”
If funding is cut, terrorism is reduced. A groundbreaking look at how spies, soldiers, statesmen, and lawyers waged a relentless campaign to dry up the financial streams that funded terrorism against Israel and the United States. A great read about a compelling issue.
PROF. ALAN DERSHOWITZHarvard professor and civil-rights attorney
“It’s a cliché after Watergate that the key investigation in most circumstances is to ‘follow the money.’ This is the story of how Mossad led this movement and substantially effected investigations of terrorism… and how this influenced the CIA’s later work in the same field. Bravo Mossad! Thanks for leading the way.”
“Bravo Mossad! Thanks for leading the way.”
It’s a cliché after Watergate that the key investigation in most circumstances is to ‘follow the money.’ This is the story of how Mossad led this movement and substantially effected investigations of terrorism… and how this influenced the CIA’s later work in the same field.
R. JAMES WOOLSEYCIA Director (1993–1995)
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“Riveting… a thrill ride.”
TAMIR PARDOFormer director of the Mossad
SCROLL — THE NEW BOOK · MARCH 2027
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In the Service of Terror is a revelatory, unsettling account of how two institutions founded to promote peace and aid — the United Nations and the Red Cross — became complicit in funding, aiding and enabling Hamas.
Built on years of research, whistleblower accounts, the testimony of October 7 victims and international intelligence files, it exposes the secret alliance that abandoned Israel’s victims.
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