The father of a teenager murdered by Arab terrorists has expressed outrage at the government’s decision to release 256 terrorists from prison and grant amnesty to 178 others as a “good will” gesture to the Palestinian Authority.
Malka Chana "Malki“ Roth died at the young age of 15 in a suicide bombing at the Sbarro pizza restaurant, which shook the capital in 2001. Fifteen people were murdered and more than 100 wounded in the attack.
Malki's father Arnold Roth charged in an exclusive interview with Arutz-7, "Beyond the pain, there is a deepening sense of betrayal and abandonment. Ffrom the first moment, it has been evident to us that there is an agenda among many of our politicians and leaders to erase the memory of the lives of the... victims and of their deaths.”
Roth and his wife Frimet were equally disturbed at the HBO promotion of the film, “Hot House,” an Israeli-produced documentary exploring the conditions inside Israel’s prisons. 
There is an agenda ... to erase the memory of the lives of this Arafat War's victims, and of their deaths.
There are times when the movie moguls promote their products in ways that can be considered in poor taste, and this was one of them.
A close-up shot of a healthy-looking young woman, her hair demurely tucked away in a scarf, is one shining example. The photo, which accompanied a New York Times movie review of the film “Hot House,” is a shot of the young woman who drove a 22-year-old suicide terrorist to his target in Jerusalem several years ago.
One of many interviews featured in the documentary on Palestinian Authority prisoners in Israeli jails featured the young woman, former PA TV newscaster Ahlam Tamimi, whose smiling face accompanied the Times review.
“That female is our child’s murderer,” responded Roth.
Tamimi told journalists last year, “I’m not sorry for what I did. We’ll become free from the occupation and then I will be free from prison.”
Roth noted that “With so many voices demanding that Israel release its terrorist prisoners, small wonder [Tamimi] is smiling.”
“Neither the New York Times nor HBO are likely to give even a moment’s attention to the victims of the barbarians who destroyed the Sbarro's restaurant in Jerusalem and the lives of so many victims,” he continued. “She was unable to reach her twenties – Hamas saw to that.”
Roth also condemned the government’s ongoing negotiations in a prisoner swap involving hundreds of terrorists in Israeli jails, in exchange for the return of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from Gaza more than a year ago.
“Like almost every last Israeli, we long to see Gilad Shalit free, along with the other MIA's and kidnapped servicemen. But that longing does not come at the expense of the deepest reservations we feel about what it will mean to Israeli society to free the murderers,” said Roth. “We know the pain of being without our child. We wish it on no one.”
Malki’s parents channeled their grief into a project that transforms the sadness of others into relief, and even joy. The Malki Foundation ("Keren Malki" in Hebrew) honors their teen daughter’s memory by helping families who care at home for their special-needs children.
Click here to view photos of Malki’s short life and to learn more about what is being done in her memory to help families of children with special needs.