Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday at a nomination hearing for the US ambassador to Jordan called for the extradition of Ahlam Tamimi, a Jordanian-Palestinian woman who sits at #4 on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists for her role in the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria suicide bombing in Jerusalem.
Cruz questioned the nominee, Yael Lempert, a career diplomat currently serving as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, on whether as ambassador she would consider withholding aid to Jordan as one of the tools to get the Hashemite Kingdom to extradite Tamimi.
“I’m not asking you to commit today to withholding that aid,” Cruz said. “We need to use every tool we have. And I have no desire to cut off aid to Jordan. What I desire is to get this terrorist who murdered Americans to face justice.”
Lempert responded saying that the US relationship with Jordan was “multifaceted and extremely important,” and that she would “do everything in [her] power to ensure that Ahlam al-Tamimi faces justice in the United States,” but did not directly commit to considering withholding aid.
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