Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, has openly announced that the murder of 7 civilians – 6 Israelis and 1 Ukrainian national – outside a synagogue last month was “revenge” for the death of terrorist “heroes” who were killed by Israel in a gun battle in Jenin.
21-year-old Arab terrorist and resident of Jerusalem Khairy Alqam shot and murdered 7 civilians and wounded 5 others outside the Ateret Avraham Synagogue in northern Jerusalem on Sabbath eve, Jan. 27, 2023, as some of them were coming out from prayers in the synagogue. Fatah Secretary in the Al-Judeida village Abu Maryam considers him a “hero who took revenge”:
Similarly, Fatah’s secretary in Jenin “greeted and blessed” the murderous attack as a “heroic operation” carried out by a “hero”
Since this murderous attack, other terrorists have - in the eyes of the PA - “succeeded” in killing innocent Israeli civilians and they have likewise earned praise. The terrorist who murdered two young children and a young man in a car ramming attack last week was praised and eulogized by the PA, Fatah, and others. One Fatah spokesperson commended him for “continuing on the path” of other terrorists.
The following is additional information about the terrorists who were killed in Jenin and the murderous attack in Jerusalem:
Jenin gun battle, January 2023 - Palestinian terrorists opened fire on Israeli soldiers while they were conducting a counter-terror operation in Jenin on Jan. 26, 2023. In the ensuing gun battle 8 terrorists, including PA police officer and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (Fatah's military wing) member Izz Al-Din Salahat, were killed, as was 1 Palestinian civilian. The soldiers were in Jenin to arrest a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist and prevent an imminent terror attack.
Khairy Alqam - 21-year-old Arab terrorist and resident of Jerusalem who shot and murdered 6 Israelis and 1 Ukrainian national - Asher Natan, 14, Ilya Sosansky, 26, Natali Ziskin Mizrahi, 45, Eli Mizrahi, 48, Rafael Ben Eliyahu, 56, Irina Korolyova, 60, and Shaul Chai, 68 - and wounded 5 others outside of the Ateret Avraham Synagogue in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Neve Yaakov on Sabbath eve, Jan. 27, 2023, as some of them were coming out from prayers in the synagogue. Alqam fled the scene in a car and then opened fire on Israeli police officers, who shot and killed him. The attack took place on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.