Our Foundation has donated to the “Palestine Red Crescent Society“, which is closely interested in the health, welfare, social and cultural needs of the friendly and brotherly Palestinian people living in the Palestinian territories (Jerusalem and the West Bank, including the Gaza Strip), which have been occupied by Israel, who have been killed, maimed and wounded by Israel’s brutal attacks for years, without any elderly, children or women.
A letter of thanks has been presented to our Foundation by the Society regarding the donation.
Israel Must End The Occupation Of Palestinian Territories
Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Israel has been illegally occupying the Palestinian territories for more than fifty years. For fifty years, Israel has been persecuting our innocent Palestinian brothers and sisters who have become a minority in their own homeland and cannot live their religion, including the holy days of Muslims. We condemn the Israeli security forces’ attacks on places of worship, under various pretexts, and the atrocities committed by the Israeli security forces against our Palestinian brothers and sisters who worship by disregarding the spirituality and sanctity of the places of worship. Our anger towards Israel is not because they are Jews, but because they are occupiers, expansionists, and oppressors. As a foundation, we supported the “Palestine Red Crescent Society”, which operates for the friendly and brotherly Palestinian people. On this occasion, we hope that diplomatic efforts will be concluded positively as soon as possible, Israel’s occupation will end and peace will be established permanently.“
Palestine Red Crescent Society
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is a national, independent and officially recognised society and a component of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, operating in the occupied Palestinian territories and in the gathering places of the Palestinian people, based on the Geneva Convention.
Conventions and the seven principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, volunteerism, unity and universality. The first Red Crescent Society in Palestine was founded in Jerusalem in 1910. The Red Crescent continued to spread in other Palestinian cities, such as Haifa, Jaffa, Nablus and Hebron, which accompanied the suffering of the Palestinian people from the Nakba in 1948 to the present day. The Palestine Red Crescent Society was officially established as a National Society on 26.12.1968, and the Society began to provide health services through a small clinic in the Schneller Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan. According to the decision of the Palestinian National Council at its sixth session held in Cairo on 1.9.1969, it became a legal entity and after that date, it became an important health and social institution of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, which includes dozens of people. This important role and legal status of the Society was confirmed by Presidential Decree No. 46 of 1977 and Presidential Decree No. 12 of 2006. Accordingly, the Society obtained full membership (member No. 184) of the International Federation of Indians. The Crescent and Red Cross Societies are based on the resolution of the twenty-ninth International Conference of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement of 22.6.2006.
The mission of the Palestinian Red Crescent is to provide humanitarian, health, social and relief services to the Palestinian people wherever and whenever needed. The Society aims to increase its preparedness for various emergencies, such as natural disasters and the suffering caused by the occupation, in order to prevent human suffering and to continue to provide and develop the community’s health and social services and programmes. It aims to strengthen and diversify the Society’s partnerships to improve the quality of the homeland and the Diaspora, to activate its pressure, advocacy and humanitarian diplomacy programmes and to receive support to develop its humanitarian role, to continue the process of institutional building and to strengthen the capabilities of the Society. The Society and its branches work to fulfil its mandate and face the challenges it encounters.
