In a July 2017 interview on Deutsche Welle ’s conflict zone , Tahboub praised a Jordanian soldier who was responsible for the 1997 Island of Peace massacre in which the soldier opened fire at a large group of Israeli schoolgirls , killing seven of them and injuring six others . The interviewer asked Tahboub , " You ’re a mother . And you ’re quite happy to have 13 and 14 year old girls , just because they are Israelis , killed ? Unprotected children , killed ? " , to which she replied : " Because they are enemies , they are enemies . " She also stated that " they mocked the Jordanian people , they mocked our religion " , referring to the claims made by Daqamseh that the children had mocked him while praying . However , a military tribunal in 1997 had diagnosed Daqamseh of mental disease , and he was sentenced for 20 years with hard labor . In October 2017 , Tahboub sued a secular Jordanian activist for defamation after he published an image of a person riding a horse carrying a sword in front of an ISIL flag . The activist placed Tahboub 's face on that person 's face , attempting to criticize her for supporting an incident in which a police officer , acting without orders , harassed students in a restaurant that was open for eating before sunset during the month of Ramadan . The activist was arrested and was only released after his family asked Tahboub for clemency
Island of Peace massacre
Island of Peace massacre
Dima Tahboub