A Palestinian woman was sentenced to 16 life terms for abetting the suicide bomber at Jerusalem’s Sbarro restaurant. Ahlam Tamimi, a 22-year-old Jordanian national, refused to voice regret in an Israeli military court when she was convicted of driving the Hamas bomber to the attack that killed 16 people, including a family of five, in August 2001.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
