Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

EYAL • 169Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 were passed to restrict the useof the political offense exception claim.In some cases, nations have refused to extradite people suspectedof terrorism when the country seeking extradition has adeath penalty for conviction for the alleged offense but the countryfrom which extradition is being sought subscribes to the principlethat capital punishment is a violation of human rights. Under suchcircumstances, the legal principle of aut dedere, aut judicare is applicable,that is, the country refusing extradition must prosecute theperson whom they refuse to extradite under the relevant antiterroristtreaties and conventions to which that country subscribes. The passageof the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act bythe United States has made it more difficult to seek extradition ofsuspected international terrorists from Canada and members of theEuropean Union due to the rejection of capital punishment by thosenations. Similarly, the European Convention for the Suppressionof Terrorism has allowed for more expeditious extradition ofsuspected terrorists by reducing the scope of the political offenseexception.EYAL. Hebrew acronym of Irgun Yehudi Lohem (Jewish FightingOrganization), this is believed to be a splinter group of the bannedKach organization, a radical Jewish group founded by the late RabbiMeir Kahane, also founder of the Jewish Defense League. Thefounder of Eyal is reputed to be one Avishai Raviv, whom someIsraeli sources believe was actually an undercover Shin Bet (GeneralSecurity Services) informant. Eyal came to public attention withthe assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by YigalAmir, a member of the Eyal group, on 4 November 1995. Amirregarded Rabin as an enemy of the Jewish nation due to his role inpromoting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and rationalized hisright to kill Rabin as his being a “pursuer” under Mosaic Law whowas allowed to hunt down and kill one who had killed other Jews.Eyal was previously known only for having vandalized the propertyof Arabs in Hebron and for threatening left-wing Israeli politiciansand vandalizing their property.A notebook seized from an Eyal activist from the Jewish settlementof Kiryat Arba, near Hebron, revealed internal instructions forEyal members. All members were given aliases and passwords to