Speaking at the meeting where many issues such as rights violations against Palestinians, attacks on Masjid al-Aqsa, and the work of our Heritage Al-Quds Association were discussed in detail throughout 2022, Chairman of Our Heritage Al-Quds Association, Muhammed Demirci, made important statements regarding the report.
Our Heritage Jerusalem Association, which has been operating for years to protect the Masjid al-Aqsa and Ottoman artifacts in Jerusalem, announced its Jerusalem Report at a press conference this year. The "2022 Jerusalem Report", which was prepared under the coordination of human rights organizations, non-governmental organizations and Our Heritage Al-Quds Association, was announced in a program held at Ottoman's Life Hotel with the participation of members of the press and Palestinians. At the press conference attended by Chairman of the Our Heritage Al-Quds Association Muhammed Demirci, Member of the Board of Trustees of Masjid al-Aqsa and Jerusalem researcher Dr. Fahri Abu Diyab, Jerusalem studies expert Dr. Ali İbrahim, attention was drawn to the ongoing terrorist Israeli persecution in Jerusalem. Many issues such as rights violations against Palestinians, attacks on Masjid al-Aqsa, and the work of Our Heritage Al-Quds Association were discussed in detail throughout year 2022.
“OUR ASSOCIATION WILL CONTINUE ITS WORK IN 2023”
Making a speech before the introduction of the 2022 Jerusalem Report, Chairman of Our Heritage Al-Quds Association Muhammed Demirci stated that they are trying to finance the Jerusalem Orphans School, which serves in the Ottoman-era Heseki Sultan Lodge, and said, “Last year, only 70 students were educated at the 600-person capacity school. At the beginning of this year, the number of students who registered with the help we provided to students and their families approached 200. Even though we are in the middle of the semester, student registrations are still being taken. Muslims whose health insurances were canceled and patients who came to Jerusalem intensively from Gaza were treated at Makasid Foundation Hospital, located to the east of Masjid al-Aqsa. We are trying to meet pharmaceutical and medical needs of Makasid Hospital, which is on the verge of being closed due to a serious economic bottleneck as much as possible. Our association, who has signed many similar studies in 2022, will continue to work in 2023.”
“THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPOSE A NEW HISTORY OF JERUSALEM TO THE WORLD”
At the press conference, in the statement made on the 2022 Jerusalem Report, “While the occupying Israel continues its Judaization activities by changing the Islamic identity and historical texture of the city of Jerusalem, the Palestinians, the real owners and residents of the city, are faced with the threat of occupation of their homes and workplaces, destruction of their homes and forced deportation. The occupiers are trying to impose a new history of Jerusalem on the occupying Jews and on the world, with narratives in which holy stories are embedded in order to Judaize Jerusalem and to prove their right to control and rule over the city, and to realize their desire to build the temple they dream of,” the report said and stated that beware Zionist Israel’s dreams of domination over Jerusalem.
“WE CONTINUE AWARENESS RAISING ACTIVITIES”
Emphasizing the importance of the Jerusalem Report, the statement also pointed to the activities of the association and said, “As our Heritage Al-Quds Association, we have been carrying out humanitarian aid activities throughout the year that will help the Muslims of Jerusalem to hold on to life, while restoring the historical heritage of the Ottoman Empire in Jerusalem for 15 years. On the other hand, we continue our awareness-raising activities through seminars, conferences, competitions and magazines, booklets and similar printed materials we organize in the country.” The message was given that the work on Jerusalem and Masjid al-Aqsa will continue.