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Tel Aviv (JTA) — Following
years of legal wrangling,
Israel has approved the
extradition to the United
States of Robert Manning,
an American Jew accused,
together with his wife, of in
connection with a 1980 mail-
bombing that resulted in the
death of a secretary in
California.
Justice Minister David
Libai signed the extradition
last week, but said its execu-
tion would be delayed a
month, pending the comple-
tion of an appeal to the
Supreme Court by Mr. Man-
ning's wife, Rochelle,
against her extradition.
The Supreme Court, in a
decision five months ago, al-
ready rejected an appeal by
Robert Manning against his
extradition.
The justice minister was
given assurances by Ameri-
can officials that prosecutors
would not seek the death
penalty for Robert Manning,
according to Justice Min-
istry spokeswoman Etty
Eshed.
If a death sentence were to
be imposed by a U.S. court, it
would not be carried out,
Israel was promised, Ms.
Eshed said.
The assurances are signifi-
cant, since Israel's extradi-
tion agreements stipulate
they are only valid in cases
not involving a death penal-
ty.
The Mannings are wanted
in connection with the kill-
ing of Patricia Wilkerson, an
employee of a computer firm
in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
The Mannings were ap-
parently in a dispute with
the firm. It is believed the
bomb had been intended for
Ms. Wilkerson's employer.
The couple's fingerprints
were found on parts of the
wrapping of the mail-bomb
package.
The Mannings are also
wanted for questioning in
connection with the case of
Alex Odeh, a leader of the
American Arab Anti- Dis-
crimination Committee
killed in 1985 in Santa Ana,
Calif.
Since moving to Israel, the
Mannings have lived in the
West Bank settlement of
Kiryat Arba with their two
daughters.
The couple were arrested
in March 1991, following a
U.S. extradition request, but
the case has been held up by
appeals ever since.
The cause of the Mann-
ings, now Orthodox Jews,
has now been taken up by
Orthodox and right-wing
circles here in Israel on the
grounds that Jews should
not be extradited by Israel to
stand trial before non-
Jewish courts abroad.
It is also argued that the
religious requirements of
the Orthodox may not be ful-
ly met in foreign jails.
The Israeli Supreme Court
is still hearing the appeal of
Rochelle Manning, based on
grounds that she was al-
ready tried in the United
States for the Wilkerson
slaying. A hung jury in 1989
failed to convict her.
Robert Manning was found
guilty in absentia, when he
was already living in Israel.
Rochelle Manning's
extradition hearing here is
scheduled for July 4.
Rabbi Kenneth Cohen, a
local clergyman who has
been active in the fight to
quash extradition orders on
the couple, said that another
appeal to the Supreme Court
would be filed on Robert
Manning's behalf.
This latest appeal, Rabbi
Cohen said, would be on
grounds that Robert Mann-
ing's religious needs, in-
•cluding the provision for
kosher food, will not be suffi-
ciently met while he is in
custody in the United States.
Meanwhile, other pro-
Manning activists have said
that if Rochelle Manning is
not extradited, her husband
should be allowed to remain
in Israel, or else they would
never be able to see each
other.
Rochelle Manning would
be free here, but liable for
arrest if she entered the
United States.
Boy Dies
In Gaza Clash
Jerusalem (JTA) — A 12-
year-old Palestinian boy was
killed in a Gaza Strip refu-
gee camp,
Ten other people were
wounded and a curfew was
imposed on the camp.
The army said it was in-
vestigating the cir-
cumstances of the boy's
death.
Elsewhere in the Gaza
Strip, an Israeli was lightly
wounded when he was
stabbed in the back by a
young Arab woman.