A Tour For Justice A Jewish mother wants the terrorist who killed her son extradited to the United States. JULIE WIENER StafFWjriter S 271 West Maple Downtown Birmingham 248.258.0212 Monday—Saturday 10-6 • Thursday 10-9 Wagga:00:44wmKumams-va;MMIZZOZZMS:inik:40§: PEN SALE BIG DISCOUNTS PENS WRITE— A WATERMAN EXPRESSES. We Carry a Full Line of • Fountain Pens • Ball Points • Rollers • Pencils Buy Now & Save! WATERIPIAN PARIS 1' PARKER DUOFOLD NEW COLORS ELECTRIC SHAVERS CUISINART KITCHEN-AID MIXERS BRAUN-SONICARE TOOTHBRUSHES Oscar Braun's 1998 16 15075 W. Lincoln, Oak Park (248) 968-5858 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10-4 eventeen-year-old David Boim was a round-faced boy with a ready smile and a large circle of friends. A yeshiva student in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, he planned to one day become a doctor. Nearly two years ago, he was killed by two Palestinians who fired into a group of yeshiva students. One of the murderers, Khalil Sharif, blew himself up last summer in a sui- cide bombing at the Ben Yehudah pedestrian mall in Jerusalem. According to Boim's mother, Joyce, the other alleged killer, Amjad Hanawi, is a free man living in areas under Palestinian control. She says he was arrested and briefly jailed by the Pales- tinian authorities. It is unclear whether he ever was tried. Mrs. Boim wants to see him behind bars for good. "Losing a child is hard enough," said Mrs. Boim, who lives in Jerusalem. "But then knowing the killer is walking around, maybe planning another attack, it's too much to bear ... I could be pass- ing these murderers on the street!" An Israeli Supreme Court case resulted in the Israeli government filing an extradition request for Hanawi to the Palestinian Authority, but Palestin- ian authorities have so far refused to extradite anyone to Israel. Now Mrs. Boim is trying a new strategy. Because her son was born in the United States and held dual Ameri- can-Israeli citizenship — the family made aliyah in 1985 — Mrs. Boim is urging government officials to extradite Hanawi for trial in the U.S. Under Congress' 1992 amendment to the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Law, the murder of a U.S. citizen anywhere outside the United States is a federal crime. Mrs. Boim's Washington, D.C.- based attorney, Nathan Lewin, plans to file a civil lawsuit against Hanawi and others involved in planning the mur- der. He also is helping Mrs. Boim pres- sure the Justice Department to bring criminal charges against him. Given the current volatility of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, it is unclear if the United States will be will-. ing to exert such pressure on the Pales- tinian authorities. But Lewin says the matter has noth- ing to do with the peace process. "This is about basic human rights," he said. "A 17 - year - old was murdered at a bus stop, and whoever perpetrated this ought to be brought to justice. stop pressuring the Israelis to make fu they concessions to the Palestinians. "People should pressure the U.S. government to stop funding Arafat until he complies [with the Oslo Accords], and to take the pressure off Israel," said Mrs. Boim. "All the lands the Arabs have gotten [through the Oslo Accords] have become [terrorists'] Above: David's funeral in 1996 attracted a large crowd of friends and supporters. Right: David with his sister, Bracha. There should be every effort on the part of the U.S. government to haul him back and bring him to trial in the U.S." As part of a multi-city tour aimed at drumming up support for her cause, Mrs. Boim will speak in Detroit on Sunday evening at the Agency for Jewish Education. Mrs. Boim describes her son as someone who was "outgoing and well- liked, always with a smile or joke," and says she plans to tell of her efforts to have his murderer brought to justice. She hopes her tour will bring attention to the plight•of Jewish victims of terror- ism. "Entire families are destroyed by this," she said, describing the emotional pain faced by survivors. She also hopes her story will per- suade the United States government to cities of refuge." An opponent of the peace process, Mrs. Boim desCribes it as "give and take. We give and they take!" Her son was the 215th Jewish victim of terror- ism following the Oslo Accords, and one of several Americans killed. "I don't think there will ever be peace with the-Arabs," said Mrs. Boim. Mrs._Boim describes the Jewish set- tlers in the West Bank and Gaza as "the heart and soul of Israel. They're what's keeping the country going."