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On the 27th of this month she would have celebrated her 35th birthday. Instead we plan to visit her grave on that day.
Between 2017 and 2019, in your capacity as President Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East, you were well positioned to assist us in our struggle. You could have exerted additional pressure on King Abdullah II to abide by the extradition treaty his father and the US signed in 1995. Jordan has been flouting its legal obligations under that valid agreement since 2017.
You were apparently busy with other more pressing matters and never so much as tweeted a word in our direction. But somehow, astoundingly, you found it worthwhile to respond to Tamimi herself [here].
Hamas operative Ahlam Tamimi murdered her along with seven other Jewish babies and children and eight men and women in the 2001 Jerusalem Sbarro bombing.
Tamimi, released by prime minister Netanyahu in the Shalit Deal, is now a fugitive from the US Department of Justice which has demanded her extradition by Jordan. She is one of the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists with a five million dollar reward on her head.
Tamimi, released by prime minister Netanyahu in the Shalit Deal, is now a fugitive from the US Department of Justice which has demanded her extradition by Jordan. She is one of the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists with a five million dollar reward on her head.
Between 2017 and 2019, in your capacity as President Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East, you were well positioned to assist us in our struggle. You could have exerted additional pressure on King Abdullah II to abide by the extradition treaty his father and the US signed in 1995. Jordan has been flouting its legal obligations under that valid agreement since 2017.
You were apparently busy with other more pressing matters and never so much as tweeted a word in our direction. But somehow, astoundingly, you found it worthwhile to respond to Tamimi herself [here].
And today, you found time to tweet only hours after the announcement of Saeb Erekat's death. You conveyed "deep condolences" to his family, wished them "comfort and strength" and praised the deceased for having "tried hard to represent his people".
In truth, as you surely know, Erekat was a vile defender of Hamas and a champion of the rights of Palestinian terrorists incarcerated in Israeli prisons.
On April 6, 2014, the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida quoted Erekat saying:
"I am telling everyone, on behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas and the [PLO] Executive Committee, that Hamas is a Palestinian movement which never was and never will be a terrorist movement."
On October 19, 2016 in the same paper, he urged these sentiments:
“Our brave prisoners, who gave and sacrificed their freedom for Palestine and its freedom, are worthy of aid, support and constant activity by us in order to release them and put an end to their suffering.”
According to the quote, translated by Palestinian Media Watch, Erekat added that the Palestinian people “bow our heads in admiration and honor of the prisoners’ sacrifices, for their acts of heroism, and for their ongoing battle with the occupation.”
Mr. Greenblatt, you are a disappointment to your people and should be ashamed of yourself. Sadly, I no longer expect that of you.
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