Flatow is the father of Alisa Flatow , who was killed in a suicide bombing attack on a bus carried out by militants belonging to the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine group near Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip in 1995 . After his daughter 's death , Flatow commenced a series of lawsuits against the government of Iran . An amendment to the US Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 , which enabled Flatow to successfully sue Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism is named after him ( " The Flatow Amendment " )
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