‘The arc of the moral universe is long’ Will they finally extradite Ahlam Tamimi to the United States, where she will be prosecuted for her terrorist crimes and made to serve in American correctional facilities? Sarah N. Stern Feb. 5, 2025
Fate of terrorist behind Sbarro pizzeria bombing remains in question Reports that Jordan would extradite the terrorist to the United States, if true, would mark a major shift in Amman's position. David Isaac Feb. 3, 2025
Court orders PA to pay $12.3 million to intifada victims In a landmark ruling, a Jerusalem court has implemented a new law requiring punitive damages for terror victims; compensation to be drawn from frozen Palestinian Authority funds. Avi Cohen Nov. 20, 2024
Justice for American terror victims Why Jordan must surrender the Sbarro pizzeria bomber. Frimet Roth and Arnold Roth Aug. 20, 2024
Jewish groups urge extradition of Ahlam Tamimi; Jordan unlikely to turn over terrorist “If the U.S. isn’t demanding this, and the Israelis aren’t, what is to say the Jordanians should do anything?” said Jonathan Schanzer of FDD, referring to the mastermind of the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria suicide-bombing. Melissa Langsam Braunstein Sept. 14, 2023
Ahlam Tamimi’s 16th victim American-Israeli Chana Nachenberg, 31 at the time of a suicide bombing at a Sbarro pizza restaurant in Jerusalem in 2001, died after all years languishing in a coma while attack mastermind Tamimi lives freely in Jordan. Ben Cohen June 2, 2023
Sbarro bombing victim dies after 22 years in a coma The passing of Chana Nachenberg, 52, brings the death toll from the 2001 bombing to 16; some 130 people were wounded. June 1, 2023
Proposed US legislation holds Jordan accountable for failure to extradite Hamas terrorist A bill proposed by Rep. Greg Steube would halt or limit assistance to Jordan for violating a 1995 extradition treaty over its harboring of a Hamas terrorist. Israel Kasnett May 12, 2022
The bombing of Sbarro’s and why Oslo failed Two decades after a terrorist massacre in Jerusalem, the incident remains a necessary, if ghastly, reminder of the essential nature of a conflict that couldn’t be solved by Israeli concessions. Jonathan S. Tobin Aug. 10, 2021