https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20839/palestinians-love-hamas
During the attack, Israelis and others were beheaded, raped, tortured, and burned alive. In a video broadcast by Al-Jazeera, the Qatari-owned mouthpiece of the Muslim Brotherhood organization and its affiliate Hamas, Haniyeh is seen leading a prayer of thanks over the October 7 atrocities.
By hailing Haniyeh as a “great leader,” Abbas and his PA cohorts are sending a message to all Palestinians that the murderous Hamas leader is their role model. It is no wonder, then, that thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of the PA-controlled areas of the West Bank, including Ramallah, to mourn the killing of Haniyeh and voice support for Hamas murderers and rapists. It is no wonder that Hamas remains extremely popular among the Palestinians.
It is obvious why Abbas has not condemned the October 7 massacres against Israelis: he respects the “great” leader of the murderers and rapists and has even observed a day of mourning for the killing of Haniyeh. If you are so fond of the slain Hamas mass-murderer, it shows that you support the atrocities of October 7.
Abbas and other Palestinian Authority leaders have once again demonstrated their preference to ally with Islamist terror groups such as Hamas rather than to secure a brighter future for their own people. Abbas and the PA have also once again served as a reminder that they share the same goal as Hamas: glorify terrorism