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Jewish Telegraphic Agency | Published: 07/20/2007
The parents of a victim of the Jerusalem
Sbarro bombing are distributing photos of the girl to counter what
they say is the glamorous depiction of one of her killers in a
documentary.
The HBO documentary, Hot House, examines
life inside Israeli jails holding Palestinian prisoners and includes
an interview with a female Hamas member serving 16 life sentences
for her role in the 2001 bombing of the Jerusalem pizzeria, which
killed 15 people.
 A
publicity shot of the bomber appearing on HBO's website and in the
New York Times shows a young woman in a head scarf and lipstick,
smiling.
"It's presumably HBO's publicity
department that was responsible for creating and distributing a
glamour-style photograph of a smiling, contented-looking young woman
in her twenties to promote the movie," Frimet and Arnold Roth say in
the email they have asked friends and supporters to forward to
others. "That female is our child's murderer."
The email provides a link to a
foundation they set up in memory of their daughter, Malki, who was
killed in the blast. "We think Malki was a beautiful young woman,
living a beautiful life," the Roths say. "We ask your help so that
other people - far fewer than the number who will see the New York
Times, of course - can know about her."
The HBO publicity describes the
Palestinian woman, whom it does not name, as "shockingly
unrepentant" and adds: "The cold-blooded testimony of a female Hamas
leader, proudly serving 16 life sentences for blowing up a pizzeria
in Jerusalem, is perhaps the most chilling."
Photos of Malki Roth are available at
http://www.kerenmalki.org/photo.htm
The original email from Frimet and
Arnold Roth is below.
28th June 2007
Dear friends,
Today's New York Times carries a review of a film called "Hot
House" that goes inside Israeli prisons and examines the lives
of Palestinian prisoners. We're not recommending the film or the
review. But we do want to share our feelings with you about the
beaming female face that adorns the article. You can see it
here.
The film is produced by HBO. So it's presumably HBO's publicity
department that was responsible for creating and distributing a
glamor-style photograph of a smiling, contented-looking young
woman in her twenties to promote the movie.
That female is our child's murderer. She was sentenced to
sixteen life sentences or 320 years which she is serving in an
Israeli jail. Fifteen people were killed and more than a hundred
maimed and injured by the actions of this attractive person and
her associates. The background is
here.
Neither the New York Times nor HBO are likely to give even a
moment's attention to the victims of the barbarians who
destroyed the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem and the lives of so
many victims. So we would be grateful if you would pass along
this link to some pictures of our daughter whose name was Malki.
She was unable to reach her twenties - Hamas saw to that.
Though she was only fifteen years old when her life was stolen
from her and from us, we think Malki was a beautiful young
woman, living a beautiful life. We ask your help so that other
people - far fewer than the number who will see the New York
Times, of course - can know about her. Please ask your friends
to look at the pictures - some of the very few we have - of our
murdered daughter. They are at
http://www.kerenmalki.org/photo.htm
And remind them of what the woman in the Israeli prison - the
woman smiling so happily in the New York Times -
said last year. "I'm not sorry for what I did. We'll become
free from the occupation and then I will be free from prison."
With so many voices demanding that Israel release its terrorist
prisoners, small wonder she's smiling.
With greetings from Jerusalem,
Frimet and Arnold Roth
On behalf of Keren Malki
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Subsequently (after nearly two weeks of delay), the New York
Times published a letter from Frimet Roth. This was reproduced
on the This
Ongoing War blog site produced by Frimet and Arnold
Roth.
7-Jul-07: A
Palestinian Terrorist
 Under
the heading "A
Palestinian Terrorist", the
New York Times carries
a letter in today's edition
written by Frimet Roth.
Frimet's comments relate to a film review
described in an earlier blog entry
on this site, entitled "About sweet-faced women".
To the
Editor:
Re “An Odd Understanding Reached in Israeli Prisons,” by
Neil Genzlinger (Television review, June 27):
I wonder when the photo of Ahlam Tamimi was taken.
Perhaps when she learned that the bombing of Jerusalem’s
Sbarro restaurant had killed 15 and not 8, as she had
presumed. She helped execute that massacre and actually
smiled upon hearing that.
Ms. Tamimi decimated one family — a mother, a father and
three of their eight children; robbed another American
couple of their only child, pregnant with their first
grandchild; and ended the life of my beautiful, kind
15-year-old daughter, Malki.
The photo reinforced Mr. Genzlinger’s message: There is
no black or white here. Just intransigents playing at
“cat and mouse.” But he did not mention this: Hundreds
of Israeli children have been targeted and murdered in
playgrounds, on school buses and in pizza shops.
Their murderers were not freedom fighters or militants
or attractive young women. They were simply evil people
who, like Ms. Tamimi, enjoy murdering children and
babies.
Frimet Roth
Jerusalem
July 6, 2007
To
illustrate this note, we decided to publish a somewhat less
glamorous picture of Ahlam Tamimi's work than the one chosen
by HBO and the NY Times. (See above.)
For more about what she and her co-conspirators did, please
refer to "A
Life of Beauty" (describing
our daughter) and "An
Act of Barbarism". |
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