Role Of Terrorist To Be Released For Gilad Shalit Is Being Misreported

Israel Matzav has the list of the terrorists who are going to be freed in exchange for Gilad Shalit--among them:

The list contains includes Walid Anajas, who was convicted for his involvement in the bombing of the Moment Cafe in Jerusalem in 2002. Twelve civilians were murdered and 54 injured in the attack.

Also on the list is Nasser Yataima, convicted of planning the 2002 Passover Seder suicide-bomb attack on the Park Hotel in Netanya, in which 30 civilians were killed and 140 were wounded.

Another terrorist scheduled to be released is Ahlam Tamimi, who was involved in the Sbarro massacre.
The problem is that McClatchy is misreporting Tamimi's role in the Sbarro massacre:

Ahlam Tamimi was sentenced to 16 life terms for driving the bombers to the restaurant. A member of Hamas, she's expressed pride in the attack. The Israelis have agreed to release all 27 Palestinian women they hold.

Arnold Roth, whose daughter Malki was one of those murdered by Tamimi, corrects the record:

Ahlam Tamimi was not the driver of the Sbarro restaurant suicide bomber. On the day of the massacre (9th August 2001), she personally transported the bomb (10 kg) from a West Bank town into Jerusalem, concealed inside a guitar case. Taxi cabs brought her and an accomplice by the name of Al Masri, a young, newly-religious fanatic, to an Israeli security checkpoint and from there into Jerusalem. To reduce suspicion, they dressed as Israelis and the bomb was not detected. Tamimi, who inspired, planned and engineered the Sbarro attack, personally led her "weapon" - Al Masri - to the target she had carefully selected at Jerusalem's busiest intersection. The target was a pizza restaurant, selected because it was located in the heart of Jerusalem and on a hot summer vacation afternoon it would be teeming with women and children. Tamimi instructed Al Masri to wait fifteen minutes before detonating the explosives to give her sufficient time to flee the scene safely. He followed her orders. As to this being (as some journalists have implied) an act of momentary madness or lack of sound thinking, take into account that a short time prior to Sbarro attack, Tamimi carried out a 'dry run', placing an explosive inside a downtown Jerusalem supermarket (Hamashbir Lazarchan) which exploded causing damage but resulting in no injuries. According to a journalist I met who had interviewed her some years ago, she is a charismatic and influential woman who played a central role in Neve Tirza, until now the prison for Palestinian Arab female security prisoners. And, he told me, a monster.

And, as Arnold and Frimet Roth point out on their blog, this woman will soon be free to murder more Jews--and Tamimi openly says she has no regrets for the innocent civilians she killed.

And that is why there is a petition to Remove Ahlam Tamimi from the list of terrorists to be freed.

Please read the petition and sign it.

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