Our Foundation has donated to the “Big Heart Foundation“, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, which supports the “Tarahum* for Gaza” national campaign to show solidarity with Palestinian children and families affected by the ongoing war in Gaza, to alleviate their suffering and reduce its severity. A certificate of appreciation was presented to the Foundation by the Association for the donation.

*Compassion

Innocent Civilians, Women, Children And Infants Should Not Be Targeted By Missiles

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “As it has been doing for more than fifty years, the Israeli government attacks places of worship and massacres innocent civilians, women, children and infants in Gaza. Firing missiles at a hospital where defenceless people are waiting for treatment is inhuman. No matter who does it for what purpose; it is unacceptable to make civilians, women, children and babies the target of missiles. Our anger is not against the Israeli people or Jews, but against the occupying and expansionist Israeli Administration. It is the humanitarian and moral duty of all of us to condemn this inhuman behavior and to support the cause of the Palestinian people, to resist oppression and to protect the oppressed. As a foundation, we supported the “Big Heart Foundation”, which operates for the friendly and brotherly Palestinian people who are victims of Israel’s unlawful occupation and persecution. On this occasion, we hope that diplomatic efforts will be concluded positively as soon as possible, Israel’s occupation and persecution will end and peace will be established permanently.”

Big Heart Foundation

Initially established as a fundraising campaign in 2013, the Big Heart Foundation became a full-fledged foundation in 2015 and has continued through various initiatives and campaigns launched by Sheikha Jawaher Bent Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi.

The Foundation’s mission is to protect and empower vulnerable children and their families in vulnerable situations around the world. Since then, the Foundation has provided health, education and emergency relief services to nearly 4 million people in need in more than 25 countries. Big Heart Foundation has a vision of a world where vulnerable people are protected and empowered to live with dignity by protecting the rights and improving the lives of vulnerable children and families worldwide, especially in the Arab region, through advocacy, humanitarian and development efforts.

Big Heart Foundation works in different sectors all over the world, benefiting people and providing them with a wide range of support.

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.