Arutz 7 Overturning an appeal on a local court ruling in
February, the Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday authorized the extradition
of the leader of a Jewish hassidic sect wanted in Israel for alleged
indecent assault of women and girls.
"Rabbi (Eliezer) Berland, currently living in the Netherlands, can
be extradited to Israel," the Supreme Court said in a statement.
The extradition process has been dragged out over recent months, as Berland was hospitalized in January for heart-related illness even before his petition of the ruling.
The rabbi has opposed his extradition, claiming the alleged assaults
happened over the 1949 Armistice lines and that Israel has no
jurisdiction, and that he was not an Israeli citizen. [...]
Has anyone noticed he is not saying he is not guilty, just that he was not under the legal jurisdiction of Isreal at the time.
ReplyDeleteThat's not necessarily an implied admission of guilt, only a first line of defense.
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