A court has ruled that two Palestinian groups are responsible for terror attacks that killed Americans.

The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization were found liable by a jury in Manhattan for supporting six terrorist attacks within Israel between 2002 and 2004.

The jury awarded the families of the victims $655.5 million dollars under a special terrorism law. 

The case has been running through courts for a decade in an attempt to hold the Palestinian Authority responsible for funding and supporting terrorism within Israel and the surrounding region.  

The ruling is a big win for Israel as well as the victims, because Israel can now claim the groups that many Western governments have claimed are the “moderates” in the region are actually funding and supporting terrorism.

The Palestinian groups said they plan to appeal the verdict.