JERUSALEM — Arnold Roth publicly urged the United States government in June 2026 to compel Jordan to extradite Ahlam Tamimi, who was convicted of facilitating the 2001 Sbarro bombing. Tamimi assisted the Palestinian suicide bomber in the attack that killed Roth's daughter, Malka Roth, and two other United States nationals.

Malka Roth was 15 years old when she was killed on August 9, 2001. Fifteen other people, including six children and a pregnant woman, also died in the bombing. Tamimi was released from an Israeli prison and transferred to Jordan in 2011 as part of the Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange deal. A U.S. federal court issued a sealed arrest warrant for her in 2013, which was made public in 2017. She is currently on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list, and the FBI offers a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to her arrest or conviction.

The United States and Jordan have an extradition treaty that dates to 1995. Roth spoke at a StandWithUS event in Jerusalem in June 2026, stating he obtained a letter through Freedom of Information Act litigation in which a former Jordanian king affirmed the extradition treaty would be honored.

"She's been free in Jordan longer than my daughter was alive," Roth said. "The woman who masterminded the Sbarro massacre is free today in Jordan, living free all these years." He added, "She was charged in the United States in 2013, and she's been saved, protected, and harbored by Jordan." Roth stated, "It's very clear who can fix the problem." He noted, "The United States can bring Jordan to do anything it can conceive of doing." Regarding the treaty, Roth said, "They're not a free agent. They're an ally of the United States, and they are bound by a treaty." He concluded, "Jordan has to hand her over."

No independent assessment of Arnold Roth’s claims was available.