The mother of a Maryland teen-ager called on the United States to recall its ambassador to Israel until the suspected murderer of her son is extradited to the United States to stand trial. Others at a protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington called on the United States to end aid to the Jewish state until Samuel Sheinbein is returned. Israel’s attorney general recently asked the Israeli Supreme Court to reconsider its decision barring Sheinbein’s extradition.
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