Istanbul Hosts International
Conference Highlighting Zionist Violations in Palestine and Holy Sites
On Thursday, Istanbul’s Çırağan Palace
concluded the International Roundtable Conference, which focused on violations
committed by the Zionist occupation against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and
the ongoing threats to holy sites.
The event was jointly organized by the
European Muslim Forum, Al-Quds International Institution, the International
Union of Muslim Scholars, the State of Palestine, and the Turkish Studies
Foundation.
The second and third sessions featured
notable speeches by Sheikh Moataz Hafizi Yassin Abu Sneineh, Imam of the
Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron; Ayman Zidan, Executive Director of Al-Quds
Institution; Russian journalist and politician Maksim Shevchenko; Rabbi Yeshia
Yosef Rosenberg, an anti-Zionism activist; and Israeli journalist Israel Shamir.
Abu Sneineh stressed that the Zionist
occupation continues to impose full control over the Ibrahimi Mosque, noting
that worshippers are subjected to insults and harassment, and are repeatedly
prevented from raising the call to prayer and performing prayers dozens of
times each month under the pretext of “disturbing the public.” He also
highlighted severe restrictions on worshippers’ entry and exit, while
expressing gratitude to the Turkish people for their continued support of
Palestine.
Ayman Zidan emphasized that the Zionist goal
is the complete Judaization of Jerusalem, underscoring the need for Muslim
unity and a legal response to Zionist policies concerning Al-Aqsa Mosque.
For his part, Shevchenko asserted that the
Zionist occupation disregards the rule of law, pointing to Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s defense of Muslim and Christian rights, and Turkey’s
role in safeguarding the concept of justice inspired by the Ottoman state.
Rabbi Rosenberg highlighted the importance
of efforts aimed at halting genocide and the Zionist occupation in Palestine,
expressing his deep pain as a Jewish citizen over the exploitation of religion
by the occupation to justify its practices.
Meanwhile, Shamir pointed to Zionist attacks
targeting churches in Gaza, stressing that “the Zionists are also fighting
Christianity.”
Since October 7, 2023, Gaza has been under
relentless Zionist bombardment, backed by the United States, encompassing
killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, in defiance of
international calls and International Court of Justice rulings.
These attacks have claimed the lives of more
than 64,000 Palestinians and injured over 164,000 others, the majority of them
women and children, while hundreds of thousands have been displaced and
hundreds—many of them children—have died of starvation.
(Source: Agencies)
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