Tag: extradition

“If the U.S. isn’t demanding this, and the Israelis aren’t, what is to say the Jordanians should do anything?” said Jonathan Schanzer of FDD, referring to the mastermind of the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria suicide-bombing.

The Roths are calling upon lawmakers from both sides of Congress to support Rep. Steube’s proposed legislation.

However, since the defendant was a citizen and resident of Israel at the time of the commission of the alleged offenses, it was determined that he is entitled to serve his sentence in Israel should he be convicted and sentenced to prison time.

Another Haredi person facing some consequences related to this case is former health minister Yaakov Litzman.

Sending Ousmane Tounkara to the Senegalese government is paramount to having him tortured and even assassinated.

Supreme Court Justice Anat Baron recommended dismissing Leifer's appeal and "uphold the judgment of the District Court which declared the appellant extraditable to Australia."

The extradition request can now be signed off by Israel’s Justice Minister, Avi Nissenkorn, who has already indicated his intention to do so without delay.

“We have been exceptionally patient in this case, but enough is enough,” Liberal MP and former Australian ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma said

“On behalf of the Australian Jewish Community, I implore you to reconsider this appointment until the investigation into Yaakov Litzman has concluded.”

In early 2019, Police launched an investigation against various officials, including Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (UTJ), on suspicion of obstruction of justice in Leifer's case.

Russia wants Burkov returned to Russia, and to that end, arrested Israeli-American Naama Issachar, holding her hostage.

Litzman is suspected of illegally using the powers of his office to influence a psychiatric evaluation of Leifer's mental fitness to stand trial.

'The US has made repeated efforts to lawfully return the defendant to the United States to face prosecution.'

Ahlam Tamimi assisted in the 2001 Sbarro restaurant bombing which killed 15 people and wounded 130 more.

Tamimi's victims included 13 Israelis, one pregnant American, and one Brazilian, all of them civilians. 130 were injured.

The US said it would not stop former Pres. Toledo from boarding the plane.

The Krakow Judge wrote that "had Poland accepted the US extradition request, it would have violated the rights of Mr Polanski and at the same time the European Convention on Human Rights."

A Canadian university professor was charged in Paris on Saturday in the deadly 1980 synagogue bombing in Paris that killed four and injured more...

Mehdi Nemmouch has conditioned his acceptance of extradition to Belgium to stand trial there, on the condition he won't be extradited to Israel.

Only in Israel. The Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv is naming a hall after U.S. fugitive and former Comverse technology CEO Kobi Alexander, who...