During his first visit as the US President and tenth as a politician, Joe Biden declared himself a Zionist stating “You need not be a Jew to be a Zionist”.
Recalling his father’s tableside discussions on World War II and the Holocaust Joe Biden said: “He taught us all about what happened in the Holocaust. Why weren’t the tracks bombed, why did we not – why, why, why. He imbued in us a sense of the obligation that we all have.
“Now, as president, I am proud to say that our relationship with the State of Israel is deeper and stronger, in my view, than it has ever been”.
Wish I could tell a fellow Zionist – thank you Mr. President – Kol Hakavod! Wish I really could! But I know, a president who is facing numerous crises at home and been already branded as “unfit” to run the office is not at all a Zionist. It was all he was reading the script written by bunch of pundits sitting in the White House. All he wants is a cheap publicity stunt and earn sympathy of the Jewish and pro-Israel voters in the United States.
One of the many reasons that I do not believe Joe Biden to be a Zionist is his cruel ignorance of a letter that he has recently received from Arnold Roth and Frimet Roth, parents of Malki Roth, the victim of 2001 Sbarro pizzeria bombing.
The family of Malki Roth, an Israeli-American girl killed in the attack, have asked for a meeting with Biden during his Israel visit. They wanted him to press Jordan, a close American ally, to send terrorist and the mastermind of the 2001 suicide bomb attack – Ahlam Tamimi to the US for trial.
“We ask that you address this as only the leader of the United States can,” Frimet and Arnold Roth, the parents of Malki Roth, who was 15 when she was killed in the attack, wrote in a letter. “We are bereaved parents as you are, sir. We have a burning sense that injustice in the wake of our child’s murder is winning”.
The Roths have been waging a campaign for the extradition of Tamimi since she was released by Israel in a 2011 prisoner swap with the Hamas terrorist group and sent to her native Jordan, where she lives freely and has been a familiar face in the media.
“The US government continues to seek her extradition and the Government of Jordan’s assistance in bringing her to justice for her role in the heinous attack”, the US National Security Council said.
On August 9, 2001, a Palestinian bomber, under the direct command of Ahlam Tamimi walked into a Jerusalem pizzeria and blew himself up, killing 15 people. Two American citizens, including Roth, were among the dead.
Tamimi, who chose the target and guided the bomber there, was arrested weeks later and sentenced by Israel to 16 life sentences. Since her release, she has expressed no remorse and has boasted that she was pleased with the high death toll.
In a 2017 interview with The Associated Press, she said the Palestinians have a right to resist Israel by any means, including deadly attacks.
The Roths have repeatedly called on US authorities to press Jordan, which has received billions of dollars in American assistance, to turn over Tamimi for trial.
The United States has charged Tamimi with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against American nationals. The charge was filed under seal in 2013 and announced by the Justice Department four years later. Her name was added to the FBI’s list of Most Wanted Terrorists.
The US and Jordan signed an extradition treaty in 1995. But in 2017, Jordan’s high court blocked her extradition, reportedly claiming the treaty was never ratified.
Two years ago, the Trump administration said it was considering withholding aid to Jordan over the case, but ultimately no action was taken.
“Something is obviously terribly wrong with how the pursuit of America’s most wanted female fugitive is going”, the Roths wrote in their letter, sent to Biden through the US Embassy.
“We want to explain this to you better in a face-to-face meeting,” they added. “We want you to look us in the eyes, Mr. President, and tell us how Jordan’s king can be a praiseworthy ally”.
I am shocked, stunned and of course angry at silence of Joe Biden or his staffers on this extremely important issue. May I ask – why a self-proclaimed Zionist Joe Biden ignored the letter from Roths and did not spare them couple of minutes, at least and listened to their plea? Why?
And here is the worst part of Joe Biden’s mockery. In his speech immediately after stepping into the soil of Israel, Biden said: “We will discuss my continued support – even though I know it is not in the near term – a two-state solution. It remains, in my view, the best way to ensure the, in equal measure, of freedom, prosperity, and democracy for Israelis and Palestinians alike”.
A two-state solution? What??? You are planning to give legitimacy to those Palestinian invaders, who came from Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and other Arab countries and illegally captured Israeli land for decades? Why you are insisting of opening an US consulate in Jerusalem? Do you think, we don’t sense your ulterior motives? You want to divide the city of Jerusalem despite the fact of it being the undivided and eternal capital of the Jewish State?
I would like to firm say – if you, President Joe Biden really uphold the spirits of Zionism, then you show us some evidence. Exert tremendous pressure of King Abdullah II and Jordan to immediately extradite terrorist Ahlam Tamimi to the US. Also please, refrain from pushing your nefarious agenda of opening a consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians.
