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US Should Demand the Extradition of Terrorists Who Killed Its Citizens
Malki Roth and her father months before the attack that killed her. Photo: provided.
JNS.org – Malki Roth was a 15-year-old American girl enjoying a day out in Jerusalem. On Aug. 9, 2001, she was one of 16 people, including three other Americans, killed in the bombing of a Sbarro pizzeria. Her murderer was Jordanian national Ahlam Tamimi, who, despite being given 16 life sentences, plus 250 years, was released as part of a 2011 deal Israel made to secure the release of Gilad Shalit.
Tamimi expressed her “delight” that she killed so many children. Malki’s parents have continually tried to have her extradited to the United States and bring her to justice. In 2017, during President Donald Trump’s first administration, the US Department of Justice issued an arrest warrant for Tamimi, who is on America’s most-wanted terrorist list. It has also offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to her arrest.
I believe that Trump has the power to ask the FBI and the Justice Department to do the same for other terrorist murderers of Americans who are being released from Israeli jails in exchange for the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
My friend and colleague, Rabbi Dr. David Applebaum, and his daughter, Nava, on the eve of her wedding, were brutally murdered on Sept. 9, 2003, during the bombing of Cafe Hillel in Jerusalem. Applebaum was chief of the emergency room and trauma at the Sha’are Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. One of his killers, Ahmad Obeid, received seven life sentences for his part in the bombing.
Obeid has been or will be released as part of the present exchange for Israeli hostages. His accomplice, Mari Abu Saida, who received 11 life sentences, is also being released. Both should be extradited to the United States and face justice for the cold-blooded murder of US citizens. It would send a message to the world that Americans are protected and fought for with everything in our arsenal.
Khalil Jabarin, who murdered American Ari Fuld, a resident of Efrat, on Sept. 16, 2018, is also set to be released as part of the hostage deal. He will be returning to his hometown, right next to Efrat.
Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and future ambassador to Israel, had gotten to know Fuld during his many trips to Israel. On the day of the murder, Huckabee posted on social media: “My friend Ari Fuld, an American-Israeli patriot, was murdered in cold blood today by a young Palestinian terrorist who stabbed Ari in the back. Despite being stabbed, Ari chased and shot the coward who lived. Ari died. I was with Ari in Efrat in July. #Heartbroken.”
Jabarin should not be allowed to return to his home in Israel. He should not be free to attack Jews again. He should be extradited to America and brought to justice.
The recidivist rate for the terrorists who were released in the Shalit deal was 82%. Among those terrorists was senior Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The United States cannot stand by as the killers of its citizens walk away freely. Tamimi, Obeid, Abu Saida, Jabarin and all of the other terrorists with blood on their hands should be extradited as soon as possible to face the full extent of American law.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.