Meyer Lansky has been given two weeks to find another country willing to admit him. After that period he will be ordered out of Israel, the Ministry of Interior said Sunday. Lansky was denied immigrant status by the Minister of Interior Yosef Burg and the decision was upheld by the High Court of Justice. Since then Lansky has been seeking somewhere to go. His lawyer appealed to the Ministry for two weeks grace on the grounds that he was negotiating with several governments for asylum for Lansky.
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