The Latest Al Jazeera "Terror-Journo": Hisham Zaqout

Hisham has called an infamous terror leader a "hero" and praised another who shot a heavily pregnant woman, killing her baby.

For the latest installment in our ongoing series exposing Al Jazeera “journalists” who are either members of terrorist organizations or openly supportive of them, I present to you the newest example: Hisham Zaqout.

Hisham does not appear to be a direct member of any terror group—though he hobnobs with its members routinely. Here are some of Hisham’s posts:

Mourning Hamas’ Qassam Brigades terrorists. His caption reads: “The seven moons… Who ascended as martyrs last night, Sunday, November 12, 2018, in a treacherous assassination.” Source: Facebook

For those who don’t recognize the terrorists in the screenshot below, Ashraf Na'alwa carried out a shooting attack at the Barkan Industrial Park in the northern West Bank on October 7, 2018. He murdered two Israeli civilians: Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi. Saleh Barghouthi participated in a drive-by shooting near the Israeli settlement of Ofra on December 9, 2018, injuring seven Israelis, including a pregnant woman whose baby was delivered prematurely and tragically died soon after from the injuries.

The caption reads: “A sad day… upon the news of the martyrdom of the fugitives Ashraf Na'alwa and Saleh Barghouthi following an armed clash with the Israeli occupation forces that lasted for hours. May God have mercy on their pure souls…” Source: Facebook

Source: Facebook

Hisham’s caption for the above image, of the children of Hamas terrorists, states:

“These Palestinian generations are like the phoenix rising from the ashes. The occupation tried to stop their growth on this land and erase their dreams, but to no avail. Every time, they return to life stronger than before.
Falasteen and Sama, the daughters of the martyrs Raed al-Karmi and Raed Misk, graduated from high school this year with excellence, reflecting their determination and ambition.”

Hisham also called Islamic jihad terror leader Khader Adnan, who is on record expressing support for suicide bombings, a “hero.”

“The Palestinian Khader Adnan, after a 25-day hunger strike in protest against administrative detention, tastes the sweetness of freedom. Congratulations on your release, hero. May the rest of the prisoners be freed soon as well.” Source: Facebook

In a post glorifying PFLP terrorist Walid Daqqa, Hisham wrote that:

“Amid the genocide in Gaza, we receive the news of the martyrdom of the Palestinian prisoner, the conscious intellectual and cultured thinker, Walid Daqqa,
who was never an ordinary prisoner—a resistant intellectual, a writer, a thinker.
He preserved his mind and heart, always beating for freedom, despite the harshness of the occupation’s prisons… and ultimately paid with his life.”

In 1986, Daqqa was involved in the kidnapping and murder of Moshe Tamam, a 19-year-old Israeli soldier. Daqqa and his cell abducted Tamam, held him for several hours, and ultimately murdered him. This crime led to Daqqa’s arrest and life sentence.

Finally, he wrote “Glory and eternity to our righteous martyrs” about three members of the Lion’s Den terrorist organization.