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The Smiling Face of a Terrorist Murderer

[Ha'aretz] Frimet Roth - Ahlam Tamimi - the person who planned the Jerusalem terror massacre that killed my daughter Malki - and dozens of other Palestinian terrorists star in the Israeli documentary "Hot House." Shimon Dotan's film exposes astonishing aspects of life behind bars in Israel where convicted Palestinian terrorists enjoy country-club-like conditions. They all have access to Israeli and Palestinian radio, television and newspapers. They enjoy bi-weekly family visits. Prison garb is waived. Prayer halls are available for the free practice of the very faith that inspired their crimes. And many of them earn university degrees, at the Israeli citizen's expense. Dotan says he sat with my daughter's murderer for two hours, having a "gripping" conversation. He asked whether she knew how many children had perished in the Sbarro bombing. Smiling, as she generally does, she guessed "three." "It was eight," Dotan corrected her. She seemed delighted and smiled again, asking, "really?" You may emerge convinced that this film conveys a balanced picture of the entire Israeli-Palestinian conflict - a film without a single appearance by a victim of the terrorists.
2007-08-08 01:00:00
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