A special post has been written up on Palestine. More and more support is needed for the people in that country.
And do not ever assume that those who are slain in Allah’s cause, are dead; in fact they are alive with their Lord, receiving sustenance. (A/I`mran 3:169)
Happy over what Allah has bestowed upon them from His grace, and rejoicing for those who will succeed them, and have not yet joined them; for on them is no fear nor any grief. (A/I`mran 3:170)
They rejoice because of the favours from Allah and (His) munificence, and because Allah does not waste the reward of the believers. (A/I`mran 3:171)
Al Jazeera Channel have always been crucial to keep up to date with the news on Palestine.
Occupied by Israel since June 1967, the West Bank – including East Jerusalem- and the Gaza Strip have come to constitute the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT).
These territories, along with Israel, form the area of the former British Mandate over Palestine, intended under the terms of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 of 1947 to be partitioned into two States, one Arab and another Jewish.
While the State of Israel was established on 15 May 1948 and admitted to the United Nations, a Palestinian State was not established.
The remaining territories of pre-1948 Palestine, the West Bank – including East Jerusalem- and Gaza Strip, were administered from 1948 till 1967 by Jordan and Egypt, respectively.
Since the occupation of the territories by Israel in 1967, the international community has repeatedly upheld the need for implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, which call for withdrawal of Israel from the occupied territories.
Peace accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), representing the Palestinian people, and the Government of Israel since 1993 aimed at ending decades of conflict through implementation the two-State solution.
The period since 1993 saw the Israeli military withdrawal from some parts of the OPT, and the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority by the PLO in 1994 to assume the tasks of government in these areas.
The international community was quick to support Palestinian State-building and development efforts, with financial resources and technical assistance to public and private sector institutions.
