Valve has not yet responded to the International Legal Forum’s letter and also did not respond to a Free Beacon request for comment. anti-terrorism laws, including, but not limited to, Section 2339 of the United States Code, which prohibits the providing of ‘material support or resources’ in the ‘preparation for, or in carrying out’ a violation of certain offenses, including terrorism," the group wrote. "In allowing the use of your platform for the glorification and incitement of terror, your company may be in breach of a number of U.S. "This game, with its unhinged glorification of violence and incitement to terror, may place Valve in direct violation of United States anti-terror laws and subject to potential civil litigation," the International Legal Forum, a nonprofit advocacy group that combats anti-Semitism and represents more than 3,500 lawyers and civil society activists across the globe, wrote to Valve on Monday, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The game is already generating fierce pushback in Israel, and a leading legal advocacy organization is petitioning Valve, Steam’s parent company, to remove the game from its store, maintaining that distribution of the title violates U.S. The game urges players to "join the resistance now" and includes the tagline, "With bullets and blood we will free Palestine." Steam, the world’s largest gaming distributor with 25 million users, has set a December release date for a new game called "Fursan Al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque." Players will experience the game from the view of a Palestinian militant as he fights his way "across Palestine" and murders Israelis standing in the way, according to a game preview listed on Steam’s online portal.
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