Sunday, October 27, 2019

Good-bye to Jason Greenblatt, a not-so-special representative

Ahlam Tamimi
Jason Greenblatt, the outgoing US Special Representative for International Negotiations, praised Israel and Jordan for their peace treaty which is 25 years old this week.

“The efforts of our two allies - Israel and Jordan - to find common ground and work to build a more peaceful and mutually beneficial relationship for their people is important,” tweeted Greenblatt, who is being fondly farewelled these days.

Sorry but I'm going to be a party pooper: Jason Greenblatt doesn't deserve a warm send-off.

First, it is abhorrent for him to refer to Israel and Jordan both as "our two allies" as if they are equally important and loyal to the US. 

Jordan has, for three years, defied the demand of the US Department of Justice to extradite the confessed mass murderer, Hamas operative, Ahlam Tamimi.

Jordan's current regime has declared the extradition treaty which its previous king signed with the US in 1995, to be null and void. The US says it is perfectly valid.

In 2011, Jordan's dictator, a.k.a.King Abdullah II, gave a red carpet welcome to Tamimi, murderer of eight Jewish adults and eight children in the 2001 Jerusalem Sbarro pizzeria bombing. He has since given her refuge and the unfettered freedom to thrive, travel and incite to terrorism.

It is appalling that Greenblatt swept all that under the carpet to commemorate the peace treaty between terror-abetting Jordan and Israel.

Lest anybody doubt that Greenblatt is aware of the above, please note: My husband and I tweeted Greenblatt not once, not twice but numerous times detailing Tamimi's crimes, the DOJ's futile attempts to bring her to justice and Jordan's stalwart refusal to extradite her. 

We shared with him, of course, that our fifteen year old daughter, Malki, perished in that attack.

Greenblatt has never deigned to respond to us in any manner or form.

It is particularly baffling that a man who professes to be G-d- and Torah-fearing would ignore a heartfelt plea for assistance in achieving justice.

Perhaps in his new role, devoid of honorifics, Mr. Greenblatt will see fit to acknowledge us and our fight.

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