Editing Benjamin Netanyahu (section)

=== Bank of China terror financing case ===
In 2013, Netanyahu found himself caught between conflicting commitments made to the family of American terror victim [[Death of Daniel Wultz|Daniel Wultz]] and the Government of China. Although Netanyahu was reported to have previously promised U.S. Representative [[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]] that Israel would fully cooperate in the terror-financing case against Bank of China in U.S. District Court, the prime minister reportedly made a conflicting promise to the Government of China prior to a state visit to China in May 2013.<ref name=slate>{{cite magazine|last=Loeffler|first=James| url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/02/wultz_vs_bank_of_china_daniel_wultz_parents_attempt_to_use_domestic_courts.html | title=Uncivil Damages: American victims of terrorism are suing a Chinese bank. Israel is trying to stop them |magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |location=New York |date=13 February 2014 |access-date=13 February 2014}}</ref> Attorney [[David Boies]], lead counsel for the Wultz family, told ''The Wall Street Journal'', "While we are respectful of China's interests, and of the diplomatic pressure to which Israel has been subjected, those interests and that pressure cannot be permitted to obstruct the ability of American courts to hear critical evidence."<ref name=davidboies>{{cite news |last=Balmer |first=Crispian |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/israel-china-case-idUSL6N0JW2EQ20131217 |title=U.S. court urged to reject Israeli attempt to silence witness |work=Reuters |location=Jerusalem |date=17 December 2014 |access-date=17 December 2014 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103423/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/17/israel-china-case-idUSL6N0JW2EQ20131217 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=arutzsheva>{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/170191#.U2bwZK1kE9Y| title=Families Urge PM: Don't Give Into Terror |publisher=Arutz Sheva |location=Miami |date=23 July 2013 |access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref>

In August 2013, Ros-Lehtinen, chair of the House Middle East and South Asia subcommittee, told the ''Miami Herald'' she raised the issue while leading a congressional delegation to Israel, stressing to Israeli officials the importance of them providing the Wultz family what they need for their lawsuit.<ref name=miamiherald>{{cite news|last=Benn |first=Evan |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/22/3580282/weston-family-faces-frustration.html |title=Weston family faces frustration of court fight after grief of terror bombing |work=Miami Herald |location=Miami |date=22 August 2013 |access-date=22 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823013443/http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/22/3580282/weston-family-faces-frustration.html |archive-date=23 August 2013 }}</ref> "I am hopeful that we can bring this case to a conclusion that is satisfactory to the family, but we need community support to not waver at this critical time," Ros-Lehtinen said.<ref name=miamiherald/>

U.S. Representative [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]], chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]], also spoke out on the issue with the ''Miami Herald'': "In South Florida, we all know too well of the tragic circumstances surrounding the cowardly terrorist attack that took [[Death of Daniel Wultz|Daniel Wultz's]] innocent life. I have been working, hand in hand with the Wultz family and the state of Israel to ensure any and all of those involved in this terrorist activity, including the Bank of China, pay for their crimes so that justice can be served."<ref name=miamiherald/>