Report: Jordan asks Sbarro terrorist Ahlam Tamimi to leave the country immediately or else they would extradite her to the US ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, February 02, 2025

Report: Jordan asks Sbarro terrorist Ahlam Tamimi to leave the country immediately or else they would extradite her to the US

The Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news outlet corroborates an earlier report from Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV channel that Jordan is seeking to deport Sbarro pizzeria bomber Ahlam Tamimi.

According to the outlet, Jordanian intelligence authorities informed Hamas earlier today that the terror group must either find a country willing to take in Tamimi by the end of the day, or she will be extradited to the United States, where she is wanted by the FBI for the murder of two US civilians in the 2001 Jerusalem pizzeria bombing.

Tamimi was sentenced to 16 life sentences by Israel for orchestrating the August 9, 2001, Sbarro pizzeria bombing, but was released in 2011 as part of a deal with Hamas for the release of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

The family of Israeli-American victim Malki Roth has been battling ever since, seeking Tamimi’s extradition to the US.

During US President Donald Trump’s first term in office, his administration said it was considering withholding aid to Jordan until it agreed to extradite Tamimi, but ultimately no action was taken.

It is unclear what triggered Jordan’s reported ultimatum to Hamas, but it comes on the heels of an invitation for King Abdullah II to visit Trump in the White House later this month.

This is huge news if true.

The US asked Jordan to extradite Tamimi in 2017 but Jordan's court ruled that they cannot, even though Jordan has an extradition agreement with the US and has extradited other terrorists.

In 2020, I interviewed Arnold Roth, whose daughter Malki was murdered by Tamimi along with 15 others in the pizza shop. He has spent the past 14 years seeking justice since Tamimi was released in the Shalit deal.

As of this writing, when it is Monday in Jordan, I cannot find any updates of any country willing to take Tamimi. However, In October 2020, Jordan deported her husband, also a murderer of Jews, to Qatar. If she goes anywhere, that is probably where she would end up. But let's hope she gets extradited to the US to stand trial and get put behind bars for life.

It seems likely that this sudden about face by Jordan after years of protecting the proud terrorist is due to US pressure under the new administration. Trump has shown an eagerness to have a more muscular foreign policy and a threat to withhold US aid to Jordan is almost certainly what would prompt this change in policy, if true.