Zaher Fanous lists himself as a teacher at UNRWA. His UNRWA employee status is confirmed by his posting of photo of himself inside a classroom with the caption “Juba3 school UNRWA.” He also posts other photos with students in school with the caption “my students.”
In the midst of the May 2021 conflict between Israel and Hamas, on May 11, 2021, Zaher Fanous posted a photo gallery depicting the destruction caused by Hamas rockets lobbed at Israeli civilians in the center of the country with the celebratory caption “Happy holidays, Tel Aviv,” endorsing the destruction.
Post translation:
Happy holidays, Tel Aviv
On October 25, 2022, Zaher Fanous shared a video honoring the members of the Lion’s Den terrorist group who were killed in Nablus in an exchange of fire with Israeli security forces during a raid on the terrorists’ bomb making facility. The Lion’s Den is behind a number of attacks against Israeli civilians and security forces in the West Bank, including at least one attempted shooting of a vehicle. The text refers to Israel as “evil-doers” and forebodes further violence against Israel that will cause its “eyes [to] continue to stare in horror.”
Post translation:
Think not of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord;
Do not think Allah is heedless of the evil deeds in which the evil-doers are engaged. He is merely granting them respite until a Day when their eyes shall continue to stare in horror
On June 5, 2022, Zaher Fanous shared a video praising a teenage Palestinian boy who attacks Israeli soldiers with stones as a “righteous hero.” By deeming the Palestinian teenager a “hero,” the post encourages children to engage in violence.
Post translation:
These are the heroes, the righteous and the owners of the land
