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Sbarro terror attack

Trump’s return ignites new push to extradite Sbarro bombing driver from Jordan

US AFFAIRS: Trump’s return to the White House renews hope for Malki Roth’s family as they push for the extradition of her killer, Hamas terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, from Jordan to the US.

|ByYUVAL LEVY
ARNOLD AND Frimet Roth have spent over two decades fighting to obtain justice for the murder of their 15-year-old daughter, Malki Roth, a victim of the Sbarro restaurant bombing. Here, the scene of the attack in Jerusalem’s city center on August 9, 2001.
A GAPING hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem after the suicide bombing that killed 15 people and wounded more than 80 others.

Court orders PA to compensate victims of 2001 Sbarro terror attack

The compensations to the Sbarro attack victims are set to amount to millions of shekels. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ARNOLD ROTH holds a photo of Malki and her friends at a picnic in Jerusalem’s Old City during the final year of his daughter’s life, a photo he developed from a disposable camera that he discovered after her death.

The Sbarro bombing mastermind is still free. Put her back in jail - opinion

Israel has already failed the Roth family; we cannot allow the US to do so as well. Ahlam Tamimi must be put back behind bars.

|ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
SECURITY AND rescue personnel respond at the scene of the suicide attack at the Sbarro restaurant in midtown Jerusalem in August 2001.

Israel's leadership never cared about the Sbarro bombing victims - opinion

This dismissive attitude toward the victims of terror has persisted over the years as the following events illustrate.

|ByFRIMET ROTH

Living in Israel: The highs and lows of life in the Jewish state - opinion

Rage, Resilience and finally, Redemption. These are the “3 R’s” that characterize life in this Israel of ours.

JUNE 18, 2023
PROTESTING THE possible release of terrorist Walid Daka, who tortured and murdered IDF soldier Moshe Tamam nearly 40 years ago, outside Maasiyahu prison, May 31.

14 Days: Soldiers killed

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

JUNE 16, 2023
The three IDF soldiers who were killed in a terrorist attack on the Egyptian border.

Israeli Sbarro bombing victim dies after 22 years in coma

New York-born Chana Nachenberg was 31 years old when the bombing happened at the Jerusalem Sbarro pizza place.

MAY 31, 2023
A GAPING hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem after the suicide bombing that killed 15 people and wounded more than 80 others.

Why the US arrests some terrorists but ignores others - opinion

When the US government really wants to put a terrorist behind bars, it can do so regardless of the legal niceties.

DECEMBER 14, 2022
BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
AHLAM TAMIMI, sentenced to 16 life terms for involvement in the suicide bombing attack on the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem in 2001, hugs her father who came to greet her at Amman airport in 2011 following her release from prison in Israel.

FBI has a double standard for Abu Akleh, Israeli victims - comment

Despite pressure, Washington refuses to press Jordan on the Sbarro bomber Ahlam Ahmad al-Tamimi, but will go to great lengths for Shireen Abu Akleh.

NOVEMBER 16, 2022
A GAPING hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem after the suicide bombing that killed 15 people and wounded more than 80 others.

On this day: Suicide bombing kills 15 at Sbarro pizzeria

15 civilians, including four children, were murdered in the terrorist attack at the Sbarro pizzeria 20 years ago.

AUGUST 9, 2021
A GAPING hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem after the suicide bombing that killed 15 people and wounded more than 80 others.

20 years later, Sbarro attack victims dedicate Shaare Zedek delivery room

Meir Schijveschuurder who experienced the attack as a 17 year old, expressed that the choice to dedicate a delivery room reflected “circle of life."

AUGUST 4, 2021
Siblings Chaya and Meir Schijveschuurder meet with medical personnel who treated them in the wake of Sbarro terror attack 20 years ago.

Biden, bring the Sbarro massacre mastermind to justice

It is time for this outrage to end and for America to demand that King Abdullah hand over Tamimi to stand trial for her crimes. The victims of Sbarro deserve no less. 

JULY 30, 2021
Sbarro terror mastermind Ahlam Tamimi prays with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, Cairo 2011

Grapevine June 30, 2021: Happy Birthday BG!!!

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 29, 2021
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

Will Ahlam Tamimi be extradited from Jordan for the murder of Malki Roth?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Is justice ignored for the victims of the Sbarro suicide bombing?

APRIL 30, 2021
A GAPING hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem after the suicide bombing that killed 15 people and wounded more than 80 others.

Lawfare project looks to extradite convicted Palestinian terrorist to US

Although Tamimi was tried and sentenced to 16 life sentences for the terrorist attack, she was released to Jordan in the deal struck between Israel and Hamas to secure the return of Gilad Schalit.

OCTOBER 31, 2020
Sbarro pizzeria after Palestinian terrorists detonated a bomb