Fatah against extradition of terrorist to France because “Germany might want those who carried out the Munich operation”
Senior Fatah official Munir Al-Jaghoub: "Fatah… has conducted armed struggle for years, it certainly will not be in favor of this step (i.e., extradition of terrorist to France) if it occurs… No matter what Al-Adra's affiliation was at the time of carrying out this operation (i.e., terror attack), this will open a gate – Germany might come out tomorrow and say it wants those who carried out the Munich operation (i.e., Munich Olympics massacre, 11 murdered)… The entire Palestinian people with all its layers conducted armed struggle everywhere against the Israeli occupation. Therefore, it is not possible today – at a time when President Abbas defended Hamas at the UN and elsewhere, so that it would not be labeled as terror – that at some point he would turn to such a step [of extradition]."
[Wattan, independent Palestinian news agency, March 5, 2026]
Muhammad Al-Abbasi, Mahmoud Al-Adra, Nabil Othman, Nizar Hamada, Walid Abu Zaid, and Hazza Taha