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May 4, 2023, 9:46 PM

Will the Senate press the new US ambassador to Jordan about Malki’s killer?

This morning in Washington, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear from President Biden’s nominee for Ambassador to Jordan. Yael Lempert is a highly qualified and experienced nominee who deserves to be confirmed and given the chance to serve as...

Jul 1, 2021, 2:29 PM

King Abdullah, when will Jordan hand our child’s murderer over to US justice?

Photographed at a friend's birthday celebration on August 8, 2001, this is the last photo to have been taken of our Malki. She was murdered the next day. (courtesy)

Ahlam Ahmad al-Tamimi is on the FBI's most wanted terrorists list. She is also living the good life in Jordan. His majesty can do something about this

Nov 19, 2020, 10:03 AM

Putting justice back on the agenda

My wife Frimet and I have just ordered a display advertisement to appear on the front-page of Thursday’s Jerusalem Post. It's something we have never done before. The timing of the ad is intended to coincide with U.S. Secretary of...

Nov 8, 2020, 2:54 PM

Could Jordan’s celebrity terrorist finally face justice in the US?

Ahlam Tamimi reads the news of the Sbarro bombing she had orchestrated hours earlier on Istiqlal TV, August 9, 2001. (Screenshot)

King Abdullah II has tolerated, and even capitalized, on the hatred and extreme violence that Ahlam Tamimi personifies; is he finally leading his people away from all that?

Aug 5, 2020, 6:45 PM

I wish others knew what I know about Malki’s killer

She masterminded the 2001 murder of my daughter and 14 others in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing. Not only is she still free, she's a celebrity

Apr 23, 2018, 7:24 AM

Extradite Tamimi: An open letter to Jordan’s media minister

His Excellency Dr Mohammad Momani, State Minister for Media Affairs and Communications, Amman, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Dear Dr Momani, We know from very recent media reports that Jordan is currently navigating treacherous waters. Its economy is weak, prices are rising, incomes are not...

Jan 7, 2018, 8:52 PM

Reflecting on my child’s killer’s tribute to her slapping/taunting/kicking Tamimi cousin

Some months ago, an Australian TV journalist contacted my wife Frimet and me about doing an interview after the Jordanians rejected a US request to extradite our daughter's killer. The fugitive felon, a Jordanian woman called Ahlam Tamimi, murdered 15...

May 15, 2016, 2:35 PM

Comprehending the true catastrophe of their nakba

Israelis joyously and thankfully marked 68 years of renewed independence, massive economic advancement and attainment on all fronts this past Thursday. The Palestinian Arabs call the same process "catastrophe". Much of the economic fuel for both of the two Palestinian...

Aug 11, 2015, 9:55 AM

The sentimental side of the savages

While a father mourns his daughter, the 2001 Sbarro murders are glorified on social media in the Arab world

Jan 11, 2015, 10:06 AM

Doing more for Islamist terror’s victims in Amman than in Paris

An announcement on Saturday night says Jordan's king and queen are going to attend a mass national rally in Paris on Sunday in tribute to the 17 victims of "a three-day Islamist killing spree". Agence France Press adds that "Some 45 foreign...

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About Me

Arnold Roth, an attorney and technology business manager, serves as honorary chair of the Malki Foundation which he and his wife Frimet established in 2001. Its work honors the memory of their daughter Malki, murdered in a terrorist attack on the Sbarro pizza shop in the center of Jerusalem.

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