WATCH: Malki Roth’s family fought to bring her Sbarro killer to justice – but leaders failed to act

The article highlights the ongoing struggle for justice by the families of American victims of Palestinian terrorism, particularly focusing on Malki Roth, a 15-year-old American citizen murdered in the 2001 Sbarro bombing. Her family has tirelessly sought the extradition of Ahlam Tamimi, the attack's mastermind, from Jordan to the US, where she faces charges. Despite an extradition treaty and Tamimi being on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list since 2017, Jordan has not complied.

• The Koby Mandell Act, passed in 2004, established the Office for Victims of Overseas Terrorism (OVT) within the US Department of Justice, intended to prosecute terrorists. However, Sarah Stern, who worked on the bill, expressed profound disappointment, stating the OVT has "never prosecuted a single perpetrator."
• Former US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro confirmed that the US Embassy had asked Israel not to release Tamimi during the 2011 Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange due to American lives lost, but Israel rebuffed the request.
• Arnold Roth, Malki's father, testified before the US Congress in 2016, where a Justice Department official stated, "We certainly understand the concern about Israel's recent release of prisoners that harmed Americans, a step the US urged Israel not to take."
• A 2012 letter from then-US Attorney-General Eric Holder to the Roths also confirmed that the US Embassy, Department of Justice, and Department of State had urged Israel not to release prisoners responsible for harming US citizens.