In a February 6, 2023 show on Awda TV (Palestinian Authority), Mutaz Birumi, a senior member of Fatah’s Syria branch, praised Khairy Alqam, the perpetrator of the recent synagogue massacre in Jerusalem. Birumi said that Alqam aimed and fired his weapon, but that it was actually Allah who fired the gun, taking “revenge” for the people of Jenin. He said that the terror attack was in accordance with the principle of “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” adding that “the blame lies with whoever started it.”