Gaza-born Husam Zomlot is a senior member of Fatah, the largest faction within the multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Additionally, he sits on the Fatah Revolutionary Council and serves as a strategic adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Zomlot has been the Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK since October 2018. Prior to this role, he led the PLO office in the United States until its closure by the U.S. administration in September 2018. The primary reason for this closure was the PLO’s lack of progress in fostering direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel.
In the past, Zomlot faced accusations of antisemitism and significant backlash for inflammatory comments regarding the beheading of American photographer James Foley, as well as for suggesting that Israel had “fabricated” the Holocaust during an August 2014 interview with BBC Radio. He asserted, “They [Israel] are fabricating all these stories about beheading journalists in Iraq… as if they are also fabricating the story of the Holocaust, that it happened in Europe.” Zomlot later clarified that he intended to convey that Israel was using both the Holocaust and the brutal murder of Western journalists by ISIS to justify its actions against Palestinians.
In recent years, particularly following the Hamas-led terror attacks on civilians on October 7, Zomlot has made several controversial statements, including:
He promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theory, accusing former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman of “digging a tunnel with a hammer underneath Al-Aqsa Mosque, almost wanting to ignite a religious war.”
He labeled a non-existent “Greater Israel Project and the colonial settlement project” as obstacles to peace.
He stated that Hamas is part of the “Palestinian struggle,” refused to label it as a terrorist organisation, and added that October 7 did not occur in a vacuum.
He advanced the genocide libel by falsely claiming that the State of Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians and intensified the demonization campaign against Israel, characterizing it as apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and settler colonialism.
He openly called for resistance, which, in the Palestinian context, implies a violent uprising, and has made belligerent statements regarding a fictitious “Palestinian right of return.” He stated, “We will leave back to our homes inside the ’48 areas; we will go back to our land, we will go back to Yaffa and Haifa.”
Additionally, a day after the October 7 terror attacks on Israel, Husam Zomlot refused to condemn Hamas. In an interview with Sky News, he seemed to justify the atrocities in southern Israel by stating that Palestinians have been “occupied, colonised, and besieged for many years.” He further described the Gaza Strip as the “biggest open-air prison on earth” and claimed that 13 million Palestinians have endured “systematic oppression” for over a century. He also absurdly asserted that the UK handed over Palestine to Jewish immigrants “on a silver plate.”
Furthermore, Husam Zomlot is also implicated in condoning antisemitism and supporting terrorism. In September of 2024, we exposed Consul Rana Abuayyash for her horrific antisemitism and apparent denial of the atrocities of the October 7 terror attack. And in December of that year, we revealed that Ahmed Alnaouq, the media officer at the Palestinian Mission in London, is linked to terrorism and the promotion of antisemitism. Furthermore, we unmasked Essam Nazal, a headteacher in Wales affiliated with the Fatah Movement and the Palestinian Mission in the UK, as an antisemite who celebrated the October 7 attacks.
Further examination of social media posts made by Husam Zomlot’s family members in response to the large-scale massacre of Jews, which he has access to, revealed messages of celebration and praise.
In light of our findings, it is essential that the British government and leaders within the Jewish community takes a firm stance by publicly denouncing Zomlot’s rhetoric and actions. Such condemnation would not only reaffirm the commitment to combating antisemitism but also send a clear message that inflammatory and harmful narratives will not be tolerated in the discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This action is crucial for ensuring the safety of Jewish communities in the UK.
Rezeq Zomlot, Belgium
Note: Rezeq Zomlot is affiliated with Ramadan Abu Jazar and the Global Network for Rights and Development, which we exposed in September 2024.
Manar Zomlot, Gaza City
Alaa Zomlot, Gaza City
Yasser N Zomlot, Gaza City
Saeed N Zomlot, Gaza City
Tarek Mosa Zomlot, Gaza City
Ahmed Zomlot, Gaza City
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