The Sbarro bomber’s American saga: Ahlam Tamimi escaped Israel - US failed to bring her to justice

The Jerusalem Post reports on the case of Ahlam Tamimi, the Sbarro bomber, who escaped Israel and lives freely in Jordan. The article details the efforts of the Roths, parents of an American victim, to bring her to justice in the US. The US filed charges in 2013, but sealed them until 2017. Extradition was requested in 2017, but Jordan's court ruled the treaty invalid.

The Jerusalem Post reports on the ongoing saga of Ahlam Tamimi, the Sbarro bomber, who was released from Israeli prison in 2011 as part of the Schalit deal. The article focuses on the efforts of Frimet and Arnold Roth, parents of Malki Roth, an American citizen murdered in the 2001 Sbarro attack, to bring Tamimi to justice in the United States. The Roths have been campaigning for 15 years, hoping to use a federal law against weapons of mass destruction to have Tamimi tried in an American court. The US Department of Justice filed charges against Tamimi in 2013, but sealed them until March 2017, when they were unsealed and she was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list. The US requested Tamimi's extradition from Jordan in 2017, but Jordan's Court of Cassation ruled that the extradition treaty was invalid. The article includes quotes from the Roths detailing their meetings with US officials and their frustration with the lack of progress. It also mentions the other American victims, Shoshana Greenbaum and Chana Nachenberg, who died in 2023 from her wounds.