Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Founder and President, Shurat HaDin — Israel Law Center Nitsana Darshan-Leitner is the founder and president of Shurat HaDin — Israel Law Center, the Tel Aviv-based legal organization that pioneered the use of civil litigation against terror financiers and the institutions that move their money and their messaging. Since founding Shurat HaDin in 2003, she has built it into one of the most active terror-victim and human-rights legal organizations in the world — with hundreds of cases filed across U.S., Israeli, European, Canadian, and Australian courts against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria, North Korea, the Palestinian Authority, the PLO, and the global banks, payment processors, and social-media platforms that have facilitated them. Her cases have produced landmark judgments and settlements — including the 2014 federal-jury verdict against Arab Bank in Brooklyn for knowingly processing payments to the families of Hamas suicide bombers, civil judgments against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic for material support of terror, litigation against Bank of China, and ongoing claims against major social-media platforms accused of providing material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations. She is the co-author, with Samuel M. Katz, of Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters (Hachette, 2017) — the inside account of the Mossad task force, established by Meir Dagan, that worked to drain the cash flowing to Hamas, Hezbollah, and al-Qaeda. She has testified before the United States Congress and the British Parliament, lectured at law schools across the United States, Europe, and Israel, and represented victims of terror in jurisdictions on five continents. She holds an LL.B. from Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Law, and is a member of the Israeli Bar. At Everything-PR, Darshan-Leitner writes on lawfare, terror finance, corporate liability, reputation under legal scrutiny, and the answer-engine era — the courtrooms, search engines, and AI systems where the modern narrative war is being fought. Her perspective is built inside the courtroom, not from the consulting deck. Areas of Expertise Lawfare and civil litigation against terror financiers Corporate liability for material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations Bank, payment-processor, and platform exposure to terror-finance claims Sanctions enforcement, OFAC designations, and the public-record consequences of designation Reputation, narrative, and the legal record in the AI era Court documents and public filings as primary inputs to AI-engine answers Victim advocacy and asset recovery across international jurisdictions Credentials Founder & President, Shurat HaDin — Israel Law Center (2003–present) Co-author, Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters (Hachette, 2017) LL.B., Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Law Member, Israeli Bar Has testified before the United States Congress and the British Parliament Has represented victims of terror in matters against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria, the PA, the PLO, Arab Bank, Bank of China, and major social-media platforms Recognition & Press Her work has been profiled and cited across major U.S., Israeli, and international media — including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, The Jerusalem Post, and The Times of Israel — and is the subject of the feature-length documentary Hunt for Hamas Money and extensive coverage tied to Harpoon. All articles by this author follow Everything-PR's Editorial Standards.