Why is US justice for its victims of terror still thwarted?

This week, my family should be joyously marking a child’s birthday. Malki—vibrant, sweet-natured, empathetic, musically talented, everyone’s friend and lovingly devoted to caring for her youngest, very disabled sister—was our first daughter. She would now be 40. Read more

With terrorist behind Sbarro bombing still free, Roths urge US Jewish groups to act

Aug. 9 marked 24 years since the Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem, when a Hamas suicide bomber entered the bustling establishment and took the lives of 16 people, including eight children and a pregnant woman. Some 130 were wounded. Read more

Parents of teen slain in Sbarro pizzeria bombing meet with US District Attorney Jeanine Pirro

The parents of Australian/U.S./Israeli teen Malki Roth, murdered in the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem in August 2021, met with Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, in a July 17 video conference to discuss the extradition of their daughter’s killer from Jordan. Read more

Proposed US legislation to hold Jordan accountable for failure to extradite Hamas terrorist

Right before Jordan’s King Abdullah II is to meet with U.S. President Biden at the White House, the parents of an Australian-American-Israeli teenager murdered in a Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem in 2001 are hailing proposed U.S. legislation that would hold the government of Jordan accountable for its years-long refusal to extradite the Hamas terrorist who facilitated the suicide bombing. Read more

Father of murdered daughter condemns BBC for giving platform to Ahlam Tamimi

Arnold Roth, whose 15-year-old daughter, Malki, was among 15 people killed and more than 130 wounded by terrorist Ahlam Tamimi in a 2001 bombing attack at a Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem, condemned the BBC for giving a platform to his daughter’s unrepentant murderer. Read more

Minding the media

Arnold Roth’s daughter was killed in the suicide bombing attack on a Jerusalem restaurant in 2001. He has addressed a lunch in his native Melbourne. Read more

In the wake of a martyr’s funeral

Palestinians have celebrated the funeral of al-Masri, the suicide bomber who blew up the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem in 2001. Arnold and Frimet Roth, originally from Melbourne, lost their 15-yr-old daughter Malki in the attack. Arnold Roth expresses his feelings in the wake of al-Masri’s funeral. Read more

A letter from many hearts

The families of Israelis who lost loved ones at the hands of terrorists have written to US Secretary of State John Kerry following the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners. Former Melbournians Arnold and Frimet Roth are among the signatories. Read more

Palestinian prisoner release: a bereaved father’s reaction

The Israeli government has announced it will release 26 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails to satisfy conditions necessary to resume diplomatic negotiations between the two governments…Arnold Roth’s daughter was murdered by terrorists. The former Melbournian has an opinion…. Read more

Lifetime achievement award for the Roths

Keren Malki’s founders, Arnold and Frimet Roth, have been honored by the Israeli government for their continued service in helping children with special needs and their families. Read more