The US Supreme Court has refused to freeze a $656m judgement against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) after the two groups said they were too cash-strapped to compensate Americans for attacks in Israel during the Second Intifada. The decision was announced on Monday by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal justice who is tasked with taking on emergency case reviews. In 2015, the plaintiffs, who said they were victims of attacks between 2002 and 2004, won the damages. Last year, the supreme court revived the case by voting 9-0 to uphold the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act passed by lawmakers. By March of this year, the US Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the judgment.