He has just today warned on Instagram that if Jordan acceeds to Washington's extradition demand under their 1995 treaty, this will "make it difficult to do a future prisoner exchange deal".
The embodiment of evil, she will undoubtedly bask in the glow of al Zahar's supportive threat.
I know of another person who will sit up and take notice of it. Someone who is drawn to terrorist releases like a moth to flames. None other than our very own prime minister.
In 2011, Binyamin Netanyahu released 1,027 such prisoners, among them Tamimi herself. In 2013, he released some more. And it's reported he is now itching to add a few hundred more to his tally. [here].
Al Zahar is clearly jittery over the new legislation which the US Congress passed in December 2019 and which jeapordizes Jordan's annual cash gift package from the Americans. [See "How Jordan’s refusal to extradite a convicted terrorist could imperil $1.5 billion in US aid", Bryant Harris in Al-Monitor, March 14, 2020].
The law empowers the US to withold financial aid allotted to any country which refuses to extradite a fugitive indicted by the US judiciary. Jordan has steadfastly harbored mass murderer Tamimi in defiance of such a demand since 2013.
The embodiment of evil, she will undoubtedly bask in the glow of al Zahar's supportive threat.
I know of another person who will sit up and take notice of it. Someone who is drawn to terrorist releases like a moth to flames. None other than our very own prime minister.
How will he cope if his swap-buddies, Hamas, refuse to play ball with him this time? How will he bolster his support base without it?
Well, he might be forced to heed the warnings he disseminated in his 1995 book: that refusing to release terrorists from prison was "among the most important policies that must be adopted in the face of terrorism."
He added: "The release of convicted terrorists before they have served their full sentences seems like an easy and tempting way of defusing blackmailed situations in which innocent people may lose their lives, but its utility is momentary at best..."
He added: "The release of convicted terrorists before they have served their full sentences seems like an easy and tempting way of defusing blackmailed situations in which innocent people may lose their lives, but its utility is momentary at best..."
These days, Netanyahu prefers momentary fixes over those ideals. His bed-fellows at Hamas hanker for them too.
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