By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
It is a diplomatic nightmare. One of the terrorists freed in the Gilad Shalit exchange deal was deported to Jordan where she now hosts a weekly TV show about prisoners and about the former prisoners who were released along with her.
Ahlam Timimi was convicted and sentenced to 16 life terms for 15 counts of murder. It was she who drove the suicide bomber to Jerusalem on August 6, 2001 who then blew up the Sbarro restaurant. 15 people were killed and 130 were wounded.
At the time Timimi was a 20 year old university student and part time journalist. She dressed herself up as a Jewish tourist to successfully shuttle the terrorist to his target. Today she is a TV star on Hamas al Quds satellite TV out of Jordan.
After her release from prison she said that she had no regrets about her role in the terror attack.
The over arching theme of the show is to attack Israel and to kidnap soldiers. One of the guests on the show was Salah Arouri who was deeply involved in the Shalit deal. Arrouri says that the only way to impact Israel is through resistance. Resistance is code for terror. He says that kidnapping soldiers helps bring the Zionists to their knees.
It remains to be seen of the Jordanian will exert their power and shut down the show. Or will they turn a blind eye and let Ahlam Timimi continue on her mission.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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