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Monday 12-16-2024, at the headquarters of the ALWATAN Center in the city of Hebron.
Head of the ALWATAN Center, Nayef Al-Hashlamoun, received Dr. Peter Mandavelli, Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and Senior Advisor for Religious Participation/US Agency for International Development, and his accompanying delegation: Advisor David Hunsicker; Jeremy D. Meadows, Deputy Director, Democracy and Governance in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv/ West Bank / Gaza Strip; and Advisor JoubranJoubranof the United States Agency for International Development. The meeting that followed also included Sheikh Hatem Al-Bakri, former Minister of Endowments. Dr. Sheikh Ayman Al-Badarin from Hebron University, and tribesman Issa Abu Mayaleh (Abu Shadi).
ALWATAN Center President Nayef Al-Hashlamoun welcomed the guest delegation and their visit to the city of Hebron, especially given the exceptional circumstances experienced after the seventh of October. He briefed the delegation on the inhumane practices and violations by the Israeli occupation and settlers, and the difficulties of daily life of Palestinians under the Israeli occupation.
Hashlamoun and other Palestinian speakers spoke about the historical status of the city of Hebron, the challenges it faces and the difficult living reality, which greatly affects all civil and official institutions and their ability to provide services to citizens. He spoke of the necessity of stopping the war of genocide and destruction in Gaza, alleviating the suffering and cruel practices in the West Bank, and improving the lives of Palestinians by restoring and strengthening the services provided to them.
The Palestinian speakers assured the guest delegation that the Palestinian people support their leadership, which has extended its hand for peace so that the Palestinian people can live in freedom and dignity in their homeland like the rest of the peoples of the earth. They ask that the US administration reconsider its policy of unconditional support of Israel, which is required if the US is to be a successful sponsor of the peace process. After all, the Palestinian leadership has committed to everything the process requires, while Israel continues to violate all international agreements and covenants.
The Palestinian people have suffered decades of injustice and persecution. We appeal to the world to require Israel to do what the agreements stipulate.
Hashlamoun, Al-Bakri, Al-Badarin and Abu Mayaleh stressed the following specific points to the American guest delegation:
1- The Palestinian political and religious leadership believe in peace. We need a real partner for peace on the Israeli side.
2- The Palestinian leadership agreed to international resolutions concerned with international peace and security, including Resolutions 242 and 338, and attended all Arab and international peace conferences, including the Arab Peace Initiative, which received great support from the Palestinian leadership, as well as the International Quartet.
3- The Jewish religious leadership is focused more on annexation of Palestinian land than on peace.
4- We are not hostile to Judaism as a religion, but we are against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and its people.
5- Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in this country in peace and security for long periods of time.
The head of the American delegation, Dr. Peter Mandavelli, expressed his happiness at this visit and this meeting of distinguished Palestinians, and to see the living reality. He stressed the importance of the visit, hoping that peace will prevail in the region soon, and that the Palestinian people will enjoy prosperity.
Finally, Dr. Peter and the accompanying delegation expressed their admiration and appreciation for the services provided by the ALWATAN Center to the Palestinian community and humanity.
