A class-action lawsuit was filed against Israel’s Bank Leumi regarding Holocaust-era accounts. The suit says Bank Leumi has refused to provide information to heirs of Eastern European Jews who transferred funds to banks in Palestine on the eve of World War II in an attempt to preserve their assets.
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