As the category D Palestinian late claims were not filed until the end of the regular category D work programme, matches between regular and Palestinian category D claims were identified upon review of the latter claims.

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The claim of the Palestinian claimant is now before the Panel.

Therefore the Palestinian Panel determined that these two claims were ineligible for inclusion in the Palestinian late claims programme.

The claim of the Palestinian claimant is now before the Panel.

The claim of the Palestinian claimant is now before the Panel.

The Palestinian Panel determined that 17 of the 19 claims were eligible for inclusion in the Palestinian late claims programme.

CATEGORY C PALESTINIAN LATE CLAIMS

All of the individual Palestinian claims in this instalment have been determined by the Palestinian Panel of Commissioners to be eligible for inclusion in the late claims programme, since those claimants have established that they did not have a full and effective opportunity to file claims with the Commission within its regular filing period for individual claims.

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FEATURES OF THE CATEGORY D PALESTINIAN LATE CLAIMS

Recalling the experience of the Palestinian Panel during its review of the category C Palestinian late claims , and having been provided with information by the Palestinian Panel concerning specific irregularities in certain category D claims, the Panel closely examined the evidence submitted by claimants in this instalment for irregularities.

All of the individual Palestinian claims in this instalment have been determined by the Palestinian Panel of Commissioners to be eligible for inclusion in the late claims programme, since those claimants have established that they did not have a full and effective opportunity to file claims with the Commission within its regular filing period for individual claims.

In reviewing the claims in this instalment, the Panel has also taken note of the observations of the Palestinian Panel contained in its four reports on the Palestinian late claims programme.

As stated above, the eligible category D Palestinian late claims have a higher number of loss types per claim and substantially higher amounts claimed than claims in the regular category D claims programme.

Self defence groups were not the only ones to commit atrocities other illegal armed groups, benignly called guerrilla movements in the report, committed similar acts and were confronted with equal determination by her Government.

The background to this group of claims is set out in the Report and recommendations made by the Panel of Commissioners concerning the first instalment of Palestinian late claims' for damages up to USD 100,000 (category C' claims) (S AC.26 2003 26) (the First Palestinian C' Report ).

The Panel notes the Palestinian Panel of Commissioners, in reviewing the eligibility of claims filed through the Palestinian late claims programme, raised concerns about irregularities in documents provided by some individual claimants.

No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Table 9 identifies the submitting entity concerned, the instalments to be adjusted, the number of claims affected, and the net effect of the adjustments.

The Palestinian Panel determined that 404 of the claims were eligible for inclusion in the programme.

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As stated above, the eligible category D Palestinian late claims have a higher incidence of loss types and higher amounts claimed than claims in the regular category D claims programme, giving rise to a potential risk of overstatement of the claims.

RECOMMENDED AWARDS The total claimed amount with respect to the 404 category D claims transferred by the Palestinian Panel to the Panel for its review is USD 866,199,856.81.

As non Palestinian claimants are not eligible to participate in this late claims programme, the Panel was concerned that business owners who failed to file in the regular claims programme may have provided fabricated ownership documents establishing rent a permit agreements with Palestinian claimants with the understanding that the parties would share in any award of compensation.

See the First Palestinian C Report, paragraphs 145 146.

The overlapping claim is addressed in paragraph 164 and the 19 category C Palestinian late claims at paragraphs 165 170 below.

In the second set of competing claims, a Palestinian claimant and a Kuwaiti claimant filed separate claims in category D for the losses of a printing business in Kuwait.

The one individual claim that was not filed through the Palestinian late claims programme was originally filed in the regular filing period for individual claims.

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Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad and a gift destroyeth the heart.

There are 19 category C Palestinian late claims included in this report.

Some claimants indicated that they engaged a claim preparer after seeing advertisements placed in Kuwaiti newspapers offering assistance with the filing of Palestinian late claims .

To address this risk, in addition to its individual review of the claims, and recalling that the Palestinian Panel applied a global downward adjustment to its recommended awards of compensation in respect of the category C Palestinian late claims , the Panel considered whether a similar global adjustment was appropriate for the category D claims.

The Panel notes that most of the evidence provided by the Palestinian claimant was original while the Kuwaiti claimant provided copies only.

In the third group of competing claims, two Palestinian claimants, a Kuwaiti claimant and a Jordanian claimant filed category D claims for the losses of a group of lighting businesses in Kuwait.

Also included in this report are one overlapping claim and 19 category C Palestinian late claims that the merged E4 Panel of Commissioners and the Palestinian Panel were unable to process prior to the conclusion of their respective work programmes.

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE D2 PANEL OF COMMISSIONERS CONCERNING PALESTINIAN INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES