President Chaim Herzog’s appeal for Arab nations to open a dialogue with Israel and negotiate for peace falls on deaf ears at the United Nations General Assembly as most Arab delegates leave the Assembly hall when the Israeli President begins his speech.
John Demjanjuk, a 63-year-old suspected Nazi war criminal and former guard at the Treblinka death camp, is arrested on an extradition request from Israel, the first time the federal government has arrested such a suspect for extradition to Israel.
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