1.   A number of officials said they did not know if Mattysse is Jewish or could claim Israeli citizenship.

2.   In absolute numbers, persons holding both U.S. and Israeli citizenship are a tiny portion of Americans who can claim the citizenship of more than one country.

3.   In the case of an American mother, the child can claim American citizenship at any time.

4.   Japan refuses to extradite Fujimori because he is the son of Japanese immigrants and has claimed Japanese citizenship.

5.   Neither the Italian Embassy nor the Spanish Embassy were willing to provide figures on the number of Argentines claiming dual citizenship or requesting passports.

6.   Claiming Israeli citizenship, he fled to Israel after the scorched, mutilated body of Alfredo Tello Jr. was found in a garage near the Sheinbein home.

7.   Claiming Israeli citizenship, he fled here two days after the scorched, mutilated body of Alfredo Tello Jr. was discovered in a garage near the Sheinbein home.

8.   He claimed Israeli citizenship through his father, Sol, a Washington patent lawyer who was born in pre-state Israel.

9.   He claimed citizenship through his Israeli-born father, although he had only visited the country once before.

10.   He is claiming Israeli citizenship to keep from being returned to the United States for trial.