Demanding Extradition for the Terrorist Responsible for the 2001 Sbarro Pizzeria Suicide Bombing

On August 9, 2001, 15 people, including 7 members of the same family, were killed in the Hamas suicide bombing of the Sbarro pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem. Scores were wounded. Ahlam Tamimi, a 21-year-old Jordanian-born Palestinian led the bomber to the restaurant. She was arrested after the attack, convicted of mass murder, and sentenced to 16 life terms. Tamimi was freed in the lopsided 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange and deported to her native Jordan. Because 2 Americans were killed in the bombing, Tamimi was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List. The Trump administration demanded her extradition, but because Jordan is a key strategic American ally, she remains free. She is now an Arabic media star boasting of her role in killing Israelis and Jews. Shurat HaDin will not relent in its pressure on the U.S. government demanding that Tamimi be extradited and prosecuted for her heinous crimes.