The Palestinian organizations swiftly appealed, and a lower court blocked that requirement, but in March 2026, a judge reinstated the award. Advertisement AdvertisementThis week, the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization asked the Supreme Court in an emergency filing to pause the lower court ruling requiring the organizations to pay. In 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in a separate case that under the 2019 law, American citizens could sue the Palestinian groups on American soil. The groups want the Supreme Court to block the demand for payment while they continue to argue their case. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Palestinian groups ask Supreme Court to pause order to pay U.S. Intifada victims