Shurat hadin

Targeting terror, defending its victims: Shurat HaDin’s legal offensive

Shurat HaDin founder Nitsana Darshan-Leitner discusses lawsuits targeting terror financing, legal efforts to protect IDF soldiers abroad, and cases against organizations accused of aiding Hamas.

NITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER, founder-president of the Shurat HaDin Law Center.
Adv. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, President of Shurat HaDin

Shurat HaDin, representing victims of the October 7 massacre

 (L-R): Joseph Gitler, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, and Anat Vidor

No. 44: Anat Vidor, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, and Joseph Gitler

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Esq., President of Shurat HaDin

Shurat HaDin releases report on Cape Town bombing attempt


Israeli victims of Hamas terror file suit against Qatari banks, charities

Shurat HaDin Law Center initiated the legal action on behalf of 24 Israeli families of terror victims, a total of 120 Israeli individual plaintiffs.

A Palestinian Hamas-hired civil servant displays U.S. Dollar banknotes after receiving her salary paid by Qatar, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 7, 2018.

Shurat Hadin files war crime complaint against Hamas with ICC

The law center demanded that the court issue preemptive arrest warrants against a number of Hamas leaders who they say are directing rocket attacks from Gaza.

The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

Mother of teen murdered by terrorist speaks out on ICC war crimes probe

To date, the Hague has not issued any response to the lawsuit filed against the PA, according to Shurat HaDin.

Hallel Yaffa's mother, Rena Ariel

Does the ICC war crimes investigation threaten Israel?

Shurat HaDin has been very active in attempting to counter the potential investigation by the ICC.

Shurat Hadin President Nitsana Darshan-Leitner with farmers from the Gaza border communities whose fields were damaged by incendiary balloons, protesting at the ICC at the Hague.

The ICC vs. Israel: The fallout of a war crimes investigation - watch now

The International Criminal Court is nearing its final decision whether to try Israel for alleged war crimes violations. What will happen? A roundtable discussion with Shurat HaDin.


Former IDF soldier sues BDS activist who slandered her online for $6m.

Rebecca Ram, 26, originally from California, made Aliyah in 2012. She enlisted as an instructor to the IDF Education and Youth Corps.

Rebbeca Ram.

Shurat Hadin to IMF: Condition Lebanon aid on blackballing Hezbollah

“For all intents and purposes, the failed Lebanese state has become a puppet of Hezbollah and its patrons in Tehran.”

A Hezbollah flag flutters in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam, near the border with Israel, Lebanon July 28, 2020

Rami Levy sues UN for defamation after placement on settlement 'blacklist'

While the UN has immunity in general, Shurat HaDin claims that this case is an exception as the UN violated its charter and practiced "pure racism on the basis of nationality and religion."

Israeli soldiers walk past Rami Levy chain store in the Israeli Sha'ar Binyamin Industrial Zone in the West Bank

Pulling the annexation trigger – Shurat HaDin’s legal roundtable

Shurat HaDin’s practical interest in the annexation of Judea and Samaria stems from its work in representing Israeli interests in the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

NITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER, president of Shurat HaDin

Are Israel's annexation plans legal? Watch the debate

Watch Shurat HaDin’s Legal Virtual Roundtable ‘Pulling the Annexation Trigger’.