Israeli ‘rabbi’ to be extradited

A SELF-APPOINTED rabbi accused by Israel of burning and cutting toddlers as part of a purification ritual will be extradited from Brazil.

Elior Noam Hen is to be picked up in Brasilia on October 27 by two Israeli agents, a Brazilian foreign ministry spokesman said. Hen and several followers allegedly used knives and hammers and other instruments to abuse children as young as three in a West Bank settlement in early 2008.