Fatah official in Denmark is proud Fatah did not condemn Hamas Oct. 7 atrocities

Earlier this month, PA Chairman Abbas’ representative in Denmark, Fatah Secretary Walid Zaher, openly conveyed support for Hamas, expressing pride in the fact that Fatah has defended Hamas in the UN in the past and did not give in to international pressure now to condemn Hamas' brutal terror attack on Oct. 7:

Fatah Secretary in Denmark Walid Zaher: “Our [PA] leadership fought against the UN not to add Hamas to the terror list, and our leadership also did not surrender to the American and international pressures to condemn what Hamas carried out on Oct. 7 [2023] (i.e., Hamas’ atrocities in Israel).”

[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page,
Dec. 12, 2023]

Zaher also called for Hamas to join and unite with Fatah and “return to the internal Palestinian home”:

Posted text: “Fatah Secretary in Denmark [Walid Zaher] to [Fatah-run] Awdah [TV]: The Hamas leadership must return to the internal Palestinian home.”

[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page,
Dec. 12, 2023]

This comes at a time when there is growing concern about terror and support for Hamas in Denmark. Israel warned Denmark that a Danish imam is active in Hamas. In an email, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli shared information with Danish Minister for the Interior and Health Sophie Løhde that imam Hussein El-Khodr is associated with Hamas. El-Khodr has denied this.

Also in Denmark, earlier this month Danish police arrested three people on suspicion of planning terror. 
 

Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 1,200 Israelis, including over 1,000 civilians, were murdered and over 4,800 wounded, in addition to approximately 244 who were abducted into the Gaza Strip (including 110 later released or liberated and at least 26 later killed), in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. During the massacre the terrorists tortured, raped, shot, beheaded, and burned their victims alive, murdering entire families and leaving at least 21 children without parents. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north. Occasional rocket launches and shootings continued from Lebanon throughout the war. A ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal began on Nov. 24, 2023, in which Israel agreed to release 150 terrorist prisoners, pause drone surveillance in the Gaza Strip, and allow movement between the northern and southern Gaza Strip, in return for 50 Israeli female and child hostages held by Hamas. The deal was subsequently extended with additional releases, until Hamas violated the agreement and resumed attacking on Dec. 1, 2023.