Sbarro bombing terrorist Ahlam Tamimi served with US lawsuit via X

Ahlam Tamimi, the terrorist who carried out the 2001 Sbarro bombing in Jerusalem, was served with a US civil lawsuit via X/Twitter on Tuesday. The US District Court for the District of Columbia allowed service by social media because Tamimi's address in Jordan is unknown. The suit was filed on behalf of the estate of 15-year-old victim Malka Roth.

Ahlam Tamimi, the terrorist who scouted the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem for the 2001 suicide bombing that killed 15 people, was served with legal papers on X/Twitter on Tuesday in a civil lawsuit brought by the National Jewish Advocacy Center on behalf of the estate of 15-year-old victim Malka Roth. The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Arnold and Frimet Roth, Malka's parents, could serve Tamimi through social media because she continues to reside in Jordan at an unknown address. Tamimi was sentenced to 16 life sentences but was released in the 2011 Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange and relocated to Jordan. She remains wanted by the US for conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against a US national. Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder, representing the plaintiffs, said the court's ruling means the case proceeds whether Tamimi appears or not, and any judgment would be permanent, portable, and attachable to assets touching the US financial system or countries recognizing American judgments. Goldfeder expressed hope the case would prompt greater US scrutiny of aid to Jordan. The article quotes Arnold Roth expressing frustration that no US official has explained why Tamimi continues to enjoy a free life in Jordan.