Michigan Journal of International Law Volume 12 Issue 1 1990 Note, The United States, Israel and their Extradition Dilemma Sheryl A. Petkunas University of Michigan Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil Part of the Courts Commons, Criminal Law Commons, and the International Law Commons Recommended Citation Sheryl A. Petkunas, Note, The United States, Israel and their Extradition Dilemma, 12 MICH. J. INT'L L. 204 (1990). Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol12/iss1/8 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Michigan Journal of International Law at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Michigan Journal of International Law by an authorized editor of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. NOTE NOTE, THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL AND THEIR EXTRADITION DILEMMA Sheryl A. Petkunas* The degree to which States parties comply with an extradition treaty influences relations between those countries, particularly when political offenses are involved.' As a result of recent domestic devel- opments, both legal and political, in the United States and Israel, each State's application of the 1962 U.S.-Israel Extradition Treaty2 is creat- ing uncertainty as to the Treaty's scope. In applying the Treaty's political offense exception, the United States Courts of Appeals have failed to reach a consensus on how to distinguish terrorist acts from political offenses. Despite this lack of consistent application, the United States has exhibited a willingness to extradite individuals in accordance with the Treaty.