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| '''Ahlam Tamimi''' ({{lang-ar|أحلام التميمي}}) is a Palestinian woman known for assistance in carrying out the ]. She was convicted by Israel and received multiple life sentences but was released as part of a prisoner exchange. She hosts a television show about Palestinians in Israeli prisons.<ref name=AThire/> | |||
| '''Ahlam Tamimi''' (]: אהלם תמימי, ]: אהלאם תאמימי, ]: ahlam TAMIMI) is a Jordanian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/ahlam-ahmad-al-tamimi|title=AHLAM AHMAD Al-TAMIMI|website=Federal Bureau of Investigation|language=en-us|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> woman on the ] for her participation in the ]. In 2003, Tamimi pled guilty before an Israeli military tribunal,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/individual-charged-connection-2001-terrorist-attack-jerusalem-resulted-death-americans|title=Individual Charged in Connection With 2001 Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem That Resulted in Death of Americans|last=United States Department of Justice|first=|date=March 14, 2017|website=Justice Department|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> which later sentenced her to multiple life sentences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kerenmalki.org/Press/Haaretz_Tamimi_Sentenced.PDF|title=Hamas Militant Sentenced for Part in 2001 Bombing|last=Haaretz|first=|date=October 23, 2013|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2011, ] pardoned Tamimi and released her from incarceration as part of the ] with ] After her release, Tamimi returned home and now hosts an Arabic language television show in the ] about ] in Israeli prisons.<ref name=AThire/> On July 15, 2013, the ] filed criminal charges in the ] against Tamimi for conspiring to use a ] against U.S. nationals ], resulting in death.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/individual-charged-connection-2001-terrorist-attack-jerusalem-resulted-death-americans|title=Individual Charged in Connection With 2001 Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem That Resulted in Death of Americans|website=www.justice.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> ] has refused to extradite Tamimi.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/individual-charged-connection-2001-terrorist-attack-jerusalem-resulted-death-americans|title=Individual Charged in Connection With 2001 Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem That Resulted in Death of Americans|website=www.justice.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> | |||
| As of March 2017, the ] has not yet filed criminal charges. However a prospective far-right ] ] may seek Tamimi's extradition for her participation in the murder of a Dutch family, if elected.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rnw.org/archive/dark-day-dutch-victims-family-israel|title=Dark day for Dutch victims’ family in Israel|work=RNW Media|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> | |||
| ==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| Tamimi was a journalism student at ]. Her brother Mohamed, speculates that her ] and the fact that she did not wear a ] made her less suspicious to Israeli officials.<ref name=Greenwood>Greenwood, Phoebe. "." '']''. Thursday 13 October 2011. Retrieved on 26 May 2013.</ref> | Tamimi was a journalism student at ]. Her brother Mohamed, speculates that her ] and the fact that she did not wear a ] made her less suspicious to Israeli officials.<ref name=Greenwood>Greenwood, Phoebe. "." '']''. Thursday 13 October 2011. Retrieved on 26 May 2013.</ref> | ||
| Tamimi originates from ]. Ben Ehrenreich of '']'' said that she was "much-loved in Nabi Saleh."<ref>Ehrenreich, Ben. "" '']''. 15 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 May 2013.</ref> | |||
| Tamimi originates from ] . | |||
| After driving and dropping off the suicide bomber at his target, she reported on the bombing |
After driving and dropping off the suicide bomber at his target, she reported on the bombing on a Palestinian news channel.<ref name=NYT>Genzlinger, Neil. "." '']''. June 27, 2007. Retrieved on May 26, 2013.</ref> | ||
| ==Earlier bombing== | ==Earlier bombing== | ||
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| ==Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing== | ==Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing== | ||
| Tamimi participated in the ] |
Tamimi participated in the ], which caused 145 casualties, including 15 fatalities, half of them children.<ref name=AThire/> She was 20 years old at the time, and still in university. | ||
| ===The attack=== | ===The attack=== | ||
| On 9 August 2001, Tamimi escorted suicide bomber Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri ({{lang-ar|عز الدين شهيل المصري}}) to the Sbarro restaurant. She used disguise techniques to deflect attention from herself and al-Masri, wearing a dress that made her appear more like a tourist than |
On 9 August 2001, Tamimi escorted suicide bomber Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri ({{lang-ar|عز الدين شهيل المصري}}) to the Sbarro restaurant. She used disguise techniques to deflect attention from herself and al-Masri, wearing a dress that made her appear more like a "Jewish tourist" than an Arab, and using language skills gained in her journalism studies. While al-Masri died in the attack as intended, Tamimi left the area before the detonation.<ref name=NYT/> | ||
| She then had a second role reporting on the attack in the press, in her part-time journalism job.<ref name=NYT/> | |||
| ===Public and personal reaction=== | ===Public and personal reaction=== | ||
| In an interview which aired on '']'' on July |
In an interview which aired on '']'' on 12 July 2012 (as translated by MEMRI), Tamimi described the reaction of other Palestinians immediately after the bombing: | ||
| ⚫ | {{cquote| Afterwards, when I took the bus, the Palestinians around Damascus Gate were all smiling. You could sense that everybody was happy. When I got on the bus, nobody knew that it was me who had led ... I was feeling quite strange, because I had left 'Izz Al-Din behind, but inside the bus, they were all congratulating one another. They didn't even know one another, yet they were exchanging greetings...While I was sitting on the bus, the driver turned on the radio. But first, let me tell you about the gradual rise in the number of casualties. While I was on the bus and everybody was congratulating one another...<ref name=delight>, MEMRI (transcript), Clip No. 3539, July 12, 2012. </ref>}} | ||
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| ⚫ | | Afterwards, when I took the bus, the Palestinians |
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| After hearing an initial report that "three people were killed" in the bombing, Tamimi stated: | After hearing an initial report that "three people were killed" in the bombing, Tamimi stated: | ||
| ⚫ | {{cquote| "I admit that I was a bit disappointed, because I had hoped for a larger toll. Yet when they said "three dead," I said: 'Allah be praised'...Two minutes later, they said on the radio that the number had increased to five. I wanted to hide my smile, but I just couldn't. Allah be praised, it was great. As the number of dead kept increasing, the passengers were applauding.<ref name=delight/>}} | ||
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| ⚫ | | "I admit that I was a bit disappointed, because I had hoped for a larger toll. Yet when they said "three dead," I said: ' |
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| Frimet Roth, the mother of one of |
Frimet Roth, the mother of one of Tamimi's murder victims, has criticized Tamimi's release. She said when Tamimi was released along with hundreds of other Arab murderers in exchange for a single Israeli soldier, it felt as if her daughter was murdered all over again.<ref>Frimet Roth, "{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}," '']''.</ref> | ||
| ===Lack of remorse=== | ===Lack of remorse=== | ||
| In subsequent interviews, Tamimi commented that she was not sorry for what she had done and |
In subsequent interviews, Tamimi commented that she was not sorry for what she had done and does not recognize Israel’s existence. "Despite the fact that I'm sentenced to 16 life sentences I know that we will become free from Israeli occupation and then I will also be free from the prison," she said.<ref>, ], 27 March 2006</ref> Reportedly, when she first learned from a journalist who was interviewing her in jail that she had murdered eight children, not just three as she had initially believed, she just smiled broadly and continued with the interview.<ref> (/) by Meir Indor (translator from Hebrew: David B. Greenberg), '']'', 27 June 2012. Updated 26 January 2013. Originally published in Hebrew in '']'' in June 2012.</ref> | ||
| Following her release from prison (see below), Tamimi gave an interview with the Jordanian Ammon News website, which was later posted on YouTube (as translated by ]): | Following her release from prison (see below), Tamimi gave an interview with the Jordanian Ammon News website, which was later posted on YouTube (as translated by ]): | ||
| <blockquote>I do not regret what happened. Absolutely not. This is the path. I dedicated myself to Jihad for the sake of |
<blockquote>I do not regret what happened. Absolutely not. This is the path. I dedicated myself to Jihad for the sake of Allah, and Allah granted me success. You know how many casualties there were . This was made possible by Allah. Do you want me to denounce what I did? That's out of the question. I would do it again today, and in the same manner.<ref>, MEMRI (transcript), Clip No. 3157, 19 October 2011. (video clip .</ref><ref> by IPT News, Investigative Project on Terrorism, 27 October 2011.</ref><ref name=AThire/><ref> by Shaherah Katatbeh & Anas Damra, Ammonnews.net, 20 October 2011.</ref> | ||
| </blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
| She has also expressed satisfaction at the sizable death count, including those of children, and previous disappointment when initial reports stated lower counts.<ref name=delight/> | |||
| ===Life sentences and release=== | ===Life sentences and release=== | ||
| She was imprisoned for her role in the events, but was ] for captive Israeli soldier ].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/16/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/?hpt=wo_c2|work=CNN|title=Israel releases list of Palestinian prisoners to be swapped|date=16 October 2011}}Azriel, Guy. "." '']''. 16 October 2011. Retrieved on 26 May 2013.</ref> At a military tribunal sitting at the ], Tamimi had received 16 consecutive ] and an additional 15 years in prison.<ref name=Tamimisentenced/> | |||
| ==Later activities== | ==Later activities== | ||
| At the time of her release, Tamimi was engaged to her second cousin Nizar Tamimi. She |
At the time of her release, Tamimi was engaged to her second cousin Nizar Tamimi. She moved to Jordan immediately after her release. Her arrival there was attended by hundreds of people, including relatives, many Muslim Brotherhood supporters and trade unionists and citizens. She later met with Hamas leader ] in Cairo, Egypt.<ref> par Palestine Info, International Solidarity Movement, 19 October 2011.</ref> | ||
| Tamimi |
Tamimi hosts a Jordanian talk show, ''Nasim Al-Ahrar'' (), on the Hamas-affiliated ''].'' The show deals with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.<ref name=AThire/><ref> by Ben Cohen, JNS.org (reprinted by the SunSentinel.com), 11 July 2012.</ref> | ||
| Tamimi claimed in an interview with ''Al-Jazeera'' that Israel had asked the “Russian mafia” to kill her and other Palestinian prisoners who were released in the Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange agreement, although she did not provide further details.<ref> by Khaled Abu Toameh, '']'', 4 March 2012.</ref> | Tamimi claimed in an interview with ''Al-Jazeera'' that Israel had asked the “Russian mafia” to kill her and other Palestinian prisoners who were released in the Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange agreement, although she did not provide further details.<ref> by Khaled Abu Toameh, '']'', 4 March 2012.</ref> | ||
| ==American Legal Proceedings== | |||
| On July 15, 2013, the ] filed criminal charges in the ] against Tamimi for conspiring to use a ] against U.S. nationals ], resulting in death.<ref name=":0" /> The criminal complaint was unsealed on March 14, 2017. According to the Department of Justice, ] has refused to extradite Tamimi.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| Tamimi is the first ] from the powerful ] to face criminal prosecution in the United States and marks a stark about-face from American foreign policy under previous administrations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article138527608.html|title=DOJ charges Hamas member for 2001 Jerusalem attack that killed Americans|work=miamiherald|access-date=2017-03-15|language=en}}</ref> It is an anticipated that American Muslim violence and the Arab Street will prevent Tamimi's extradition to the United States. | |||
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Revision as of 16:03, 15 March 2017
Ahlam Tamimi (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian woman known for assistance in carrying out the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing. She was convicted by Israel and received multiple life sentences but was released as part of a prisoner exchange. She hosts a television show about Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
Background
Tamimi was a journalism student at Birzeit University. Her brother Mohamed, speculates that her fluency in English and the fact that she did not wear a headscarf made her less suspicious to Israeli officials.
Tamimi originates from Nabi Salih. Ben Ehrenreich of The New York Times said that she was "much-loved in Nabi Saleh."
After driving and dropping off the suicide bomber at his target, she reported on the bombing on a Palestinian news channel.
Earlier bombing
Tamimi had placed an explosive device at a grocery store in Jerusalem in July 2001. The device exploded but did not cause damage.
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing
Tamimi participated in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing, which caused 145 casualties, including 15 fatalities, half of them children. She was 20 years old at the time, and still in university.
The attack
On 9 August 2001, Tamimi escorted suicide bomber Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri (Template:Lang-ar) to the Sbarro restaurant. She used disguise techniques to deflect attention from herself and al-Masri, wearing a dress that made her appear more like a "Jewish tourist" than an Arab, and using language skills gained in her journalism studies. While al-Masri died in the attack as intended, Tamimi left the area before the detonation.
She then had a second role reporting on the attack in the press, in her part-time journalism job.
Public and personal reaction
In an interview which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on 12 July 2012 (as translated by MEMRI), Tamimi described the reaction of other Palestinians immediately after the bombing:
Afterwards, when I took the bus, the Palestinians around Damascus Gate were all smiling. You could sense that everybody was happy. When I got on the bus, nobody knew that it was me who had led ... I was feeling quite strange, because I had left 'Izz Al-Din behind, but inside the bus, they were all congratulating one another. They didn't even know one another, yet they were exchanging greetings...While I was sitting on the bus, the driver turned on the radio. But first, let me tell you about the gradual rise in the number of casualties. While I was on the bus and everybody was congratulating one another...
After hearing an initial report that "three people were killed" in the bombing, Tamimi stated:
"I admit that I was a bit disappointed, because I had hoped for a larger toll. Yet when they said "three dead," I said: 'Allah be praised'...Two minutes later, they said on the radio that the number had increased to five. I wanted to hide my smile, but I just couldn't. Allah be praised, it was great. As the number of dead kept increasing, the passengers were applauding.
Frimet Roth, the mother of one of Tamimi's murder victims, has criticized Tamimi's release. She said when Tamimi was released along with hundreds of other Arab murderers in exchange for a single Israeli soldier, it felt as if her daughter was murdered all over again.
Lack of remorse
In subsequent interviews, Tamimi commented that she was not sorry for what she had done and does not recognize Israel’s existence. "Despite the fact that I'm sentenced to 16 life sentences I know that we will become free from Israeli occupation and then I will also be free from the prison," she said. Reportedly, when she first learned from a journalist who was interviewing her in jail that she had murdered eight children, not just three as she had initially believed, she just smiled broadly and continued with the interview.
Following her release from prison (see below), Tamimi gave an interview with the Jordanian Ammon News website, which was later posted on YouTube (as translated by MEMRI):
I do not regret what happened. Absolutely not. This is the path. I dedicated myself to Jihad for the sake of Allah, and Allah granted me success. You know how many casualties there were . This was made possible by Allah. Do you want me to denounce what I did? That's out of the question. I would do it again today, and in the same manner.
She has also expressed satisfaction at the sizable death count, including those of children, and previous disappointment when initial reports stated lower counts.
Life sentences and release
She was imprisoned for her role in the events, but was released in an October 2011 prisoner swap for captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. At a military tribunal sitting at the Ofer military camp, Tamimi had received 16 consecutive life sentences and an additional 15 years in prison.
Later activities
At the time of her release, Tamimi was engaged to her second cousin Nizar Tamimi. She moved to Jordan immediately after her release. Her arrival there was attended by hundreds of people, including relatives, many Muslim Brotherhood supporters and trade unionists and citizens. She later met with Hamas leader Khaled Mashal in Cairo, Egypt.
Tamimi hosts a Jordanian talk show, Nasim Al-Ahrar (), on the Hamas-affiliated Al-Quds TV. The show deals with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Tamimi claimed in an interview with Al-Jazeera that Israel had asked the “Russian mafia” to kill her and other Palestinian prisoners who were released in the Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange agreement, although she did not provide further details.
See also
References
- ^ Abu Toameh, Khaled (1 March 2012). "Female terrorist hosts talk show on Hamas TV". The Jerusalem Post (web site). http://www.webcitation.org/6IjblJ9OE?url=http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Female-terrorist-hosts-talk-show-on-Hamas-TV. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
{{cite news}}: External link in|location= - Greenwood, Phoebe. "Palestinian families wait to hear prisoners' fate." The Guardian. Thursday 13 October 2011. Retrieved on 26 May 2013.
- Ehrenreich, Ben. "Is This Where the Third Intifada Will Start?" The New York Times. 15 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 May 2013.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil. "Hot House." The New York Times. June 27, 2007. Retrieved on May 26, 2013.
- ^ Haaretz Service. "Hamas militant sentenced for part in 2001 suicide bombing." (Archive) Haaretz. Thursday October 23, 2002. Tishrei 27, 5764. Retrieved on June 5, 2013.
- ^ Released Hamas Terrorist Ahlam Tamimi on Palestinian Public's Delight at Suicide Bombings, MEMRI (transcript), Clip No. 3539, July 12, 2012. video clip with subtitles
- Frimet Roth, "Ten Lessons the Shalit Deal Taught Us," The Times of Israel.
- Sbarro terrorist 'not sorry', Ynetnews, 27 March 2006
- Regards from Amman: The Tamimi Family and the Good Life (Archive of P. 1/Archive of P. 2) by Meir Indor (translator from Hebrew: David B. Greenberg), The Jewish Press, 27 June 2012. Updated 26 January 2013. Originally published in Hebrew in Makor Rishon in June 2012.
- Released Terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, Sentenced to 16 Life Terms in Prison, Takes Pride in the Number of Casualties She Caused and Proclaims: I Would Do It Again Today, MEMRI (transcript), Clip No. 3157, 19 October 2011. (video clip available here.
- Released Hamas Terrorists Pledge More Violence by IPT News, Investigative Project on Terrorism, 27 October 2011.
- Tamimi: I have never regretted what I have done by Shaherah Katatbeh & Anas Damra, Ammonnews.net, 20 October 2011.
- "Israel releases list of Palestinian prisoners to be swapped". CNN. 16 October 2011.Azriel, Guy. "Israel set to begin preparations for swap." CNN. 16 October 2011. Retrieved on 26 May 2013.
- Accueil triomphal pour Ahlam Tamimi en Jordanie par Palestine Info, International Solidarity Movement, 19 October 2011.
- Fallout from Shalit deal continues to divide Israelis by Ben Cohen, JNS.org (reprinted by the SunSentinel.com), 11 July 2012.
- 'Sbarro terrorist: Israel hired mafia to kill me' by Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, 4 March 2012.
Further reading
- Roth, Frimet. "A Palestinian Terrorist." (letter to the editor) The New York Times. 7 July 2007.
- Roth, Frimet. "Mother of Israeli suicide bombing victim: Do not free my daughter's murderer." Haaretz. 16 October 2011.
External links
- Ahlam al-Tamimi Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades
- "Can Civilized People Let a Sociopath Like Tamimi be Adulated ..." Arutz Sheva. 21 August 2012.
- الأسيرة القسامية أحلام التميمي، Al-Aqsa TV، 1 فبراير 2010
- أحلام التميمي.. طائر الأسر، جريدة الدستور المصرية، 25 يناير 2010