To defeat terror Israel must be serious about justice. Is it?

From Friday's funeral [Image Source]

Yet another precious Jewish teenager, Ori Ansbacher, has been brutally murdered in Jerusalem.

Another selfless, generous, talented and beautiful girl had her dreams for a bright future shattered. Another mother and father have had their lives ripped asunder. Tonight, it appears the Palestinian Arab charged with the crime has confessed.

Here is our prime minister's reaction:

"I congratulate the Shin Bet security services and the Israel Police that within a few hours captured the abominable murderer who murdered Ori Ansbacher. Israel's long arm reaches anyone who harms us and we will settle accounts with them."

Before you laud his determination and fortitude, remember this:

From Friday's funeral [Image Source]

My own teenage daughter was also brutally murdered right here in Jerusalem in the Sbarro bombing of August 2001 along with fifteen other victims, most of them children. Their murderer, Ahlam Tamimi, was also apprehended and also confessed. She was subsequently tried, convicted and sentenced to sixteen life terms.

But in October 2011, the same prime minister quoted above chose to release our child's murderer, return her to her home town, Amman, and permit her murderer/fiance to join her there for a life of marital bliss and continued incitement to terrorism via TV and public appearances.

So I urge you: Do not to be deceived by Netanyahu's words of empathy for the victim's parents. Do not fall for his assurances of justice.

He ignored every one of my husband's and my written pleas to keep our Malki's murderer imprisoned. 

My daughter Malki z"l

And since her indictment by the US Department of Justice in 2017 ["14-Mar-17: Sbarro massacre mastermind is now formally charged and extradition is sought"], our government has failed to do anything, as far as we know, to help effect her extradition to the United States. There she would be tried for the murders of three of her victims who were US citizens, among them, our Malki.

Haven't we buried enough of our beloved and angelic children?

Let's convey a deterrent threat: Perpetrators will face justice. They will serve out their sentences. They will not be released in future "swaps" like the Shalit Deal.

I know one leader on whom we certainly cannot rely to send that message. Remember that in April at the ballot box.