Extradition law

Ben-Gvir to demand extradition of flydubai pilot to Israel after attempted terror hijacking

"Our security doctrine must be clear: Anyone who tries to murder or harm Israelis, the State of Israel will pursue them and settle the score with them anywhere in the world," he said.

|BySHIR PERETS, KESHET NEEV
National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit party chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir, together with members of his party, arrives to submit the Otzma Yehudit party list to the Central Elections Committee ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026.
An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City.

ICE agent in shooting case may go free as extradition request denied by judge

Minnesota authorities had argued in court that Castro, jailed in the Gulf Coast border city of Brownsville, Texas, since May 29, was a flight risk if he were released.

|ByREUTERS
Former Peru's President Alejandro Toledo and his wife Eliane Karp

Jewish former first lady of Peru flees to Israel after extradition request

Peru does not have an extradition agreement in place with Israel.

|ByJACOB KESSLER/JTA
The Greek island of Crete

Israeli citizen detained in Greece over 8-year-old custody case

L. has been detained on the Island of Crete since late October due to charges opened against her by her abusive ex-husband in 2014.

|ByMATAN WASSERMAN, JOSH ARONSON

Nissenkorn signs extradition order for Malka Leifer

Sex abuser has one last delay tactic.

DECEMBER 17, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JEREMY SHARON
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Untouchable – how the alleged Yeshiva University abusers escaped justice

Alleged YU abusers now live in Israel, and neither Israeli nor US law can touch them

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019ByLAUREN IZSO
THE YESHIVA University High School for Boys in New York

Thousands of Hong Kong protesters gather after violence

Authorities have shut government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week after some of the worst violence in Hong Kong since Britain handed it back to Chinese rule in 1997.

JUNE 13, 2019ByREUTERS
Police officers fire a tear gas during a demonstration against a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong, China June 12, 2019.