Their killers walk free. Two petitions — and a panel this Thursday.
Two American citizens murdered, their killers free — two petitions to sign, and a panel Thursday on Zoom.
In this issue: Two American citizens murdered, their killers free — two petitions to sign, and a panel Thursday on Zoom.
Two American families. Two murders. Two killers who are not in prison. One lives openly in Jordan; the other walked free in a hostage exchange and vanished, and his victim’s family learned it from the news. Both families are still fighting, and this week you can stand with them — read both stories below, sign both petitions, and on Thursday, show up with us on Zoom.
— Cheryl Dorchinsky, Executive Director
Panel · Free · On Zoom
Justice Beyond Borders: Americans Murdered by Terrorists and the Fight for Accountability
Thursday, July 16 · 7:00 PM ET · Live on Zoom
With the Rhode Island Coalition for Israel and our partner organizations, we’ll sit down with the people who have lived inside this pattern for years. After the panel, we’ll open the floor to your questions.
Arnold Roth — Malki’s father, who has spent more than twenty years fighting to bring her killer from Jordan to American justice. Kathleen Luken — Kristine’s identical twin sister. Tal Hartuv — who survived the attack that killed Kristine. Mark Goldfeder — constitutional attorney and CEO of the National Jewish Advocacy Center.
Two American citizens, murdered — and their killers are free. Here is how you stand with their families today.
Sign for Malki. In August 2001, fifteen-year-old Malki Roth, an American citizen, was murdered at the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem; Ahlam Tamimi chose that target because it was full of children. Tamimi served eight years, walked free in a hostage deal, and now lives openly in Jordan — the only woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, with a $5 million reward on her head, while Jordan refuses to honor a valid U.S. extradition treaty. Tell the Secretary of State to press Jordan to extradite her.
Sign for Kristine. In December 2010, Kristine Luken, an American Christian, was stabbed to death on a hiking trail near Beit Shemesh; her friend Tal Hartuv survived by playing dead. Ayad Fatafta confessed that he killed Kristine because he thought she was Jewish. A 2017 FBI affidavit laid out the evidence for his arrest, and the United States had claimed the case — but in October 2025 he walked free in the hostage exchange, and Kristine’s family and Tal were never told; they learned it from the news. Nine years on, the United States still has not issued the warrant, and his whereabouts are unknown. Demand the U.S. issue the arrest warrant and pursue his extradition.
MITZVAHS THAT FLOAT
A locked gate, and a duck in Newport
A Quacker in Newport, Rhode Island went to tour a landmark and found the gates locked. Then a kosher duck turned up — and the disappointment lifted. “It was a sign,” they wrote, “that all is good.” One small duck, hidden and found, turning a closed door into a smile. From cruise ships to city parks, the ducks keep floating. If hate can go viral, why can’t love?