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Why Israel? I’d assume they’d hand him over given their close background no?

• AustinDev 4y ago
  There is a history of people committing crimes or being suspected of doing so in US and running away to Israel and avoiding extradition due to their laws.[1] I can gather more examples to illustrate a pattern or at least proclivity but it's late and I'm off to bed. [1]https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1272&context=auilr&httpsredir=1&referer= https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?...
  • kgwgk 4y ago
    > There is a history of people committing crimes or being suspected of doing so in US and running away to Israel and avoiding extradition due to their laws. Did you maybe forgot to mention that those people were Israeli citizens?
    • rchaud 4y ago
      can SBF apply for citizenship once he lands there?
      • booleandilemma 4y ago
        He is jewish, I'm wondering if the law of return would apply. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Return https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Return
      • kgwgk 4y ago
        He could apply. It would be denied, of course.
• 55555 4y ago
  Sometimes yes, but historically in general they haven't extradited their citizens for financial crimes against foreigners. I believe it changed a few years ago, at least on paper?
  • kgwgk 4y ago
    > historically in general they haven't extradited their citizens How is that relevant?
  • andsoitis 4y ago
    > they haven't extradited their citizens SBF isn’t an Israeli citizen, is he?