Claim: Israeli Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein opened extradition proceedings against Sheinbein, a Russian-Israeli convicted murderer, while a protracted legal battle in the Israeli courts ensued.
Evidence: Elyakim Rubinstein (Hebrew: אליקים רובינשטיין‎, born June 13, 1947) is a former Vice President of the Supreme Court of Israel. Samuel Sheinbein (25 July 1980 – 23 February 2014) was an American-Israeli convicted murderer.