Humanitarian campaign in Istanbul to collect one billion dollars for Gaza

The int’l public foundation to aid Gaza held its first meeting in Istanbul

[ PIC 01/09/2014 – 06:54 AM ]

ISTANBUL, (PIC)– The international public foundation to aid Gaza on
Saturday evening held its first two-day meeting in the Turkish city of
Istanbul with the participation of about 100 relief and charitable
groups from around the world.

During the final meeting on Sunday, the participants declared their
intention to launch an international donation campaign to collect one
billion dollars to carry out rehabilitation and humanitarian projects in
Gaza.

The foundation also intends to activate international aid campaigns
and events for Gaza and coordinate with other organizations to break the
blockade.

Speakers in the meeting called for necessarily taking all legal
measures to prosecute Israeli war criminals in international courts.

They also urged the Palestinian unity government to shoulder its
responsibilities towards its citizens in Gaza without discrimination and
work on ending the blockade and building the seaport and airport as a
human right for the Palestinians.

The meeting, which was held under the auspices of Qatar Charity, also
discussed the size of devastation and humanitarian suffering that had
been caused by 51 days of massive Israeli attacks on the population in
Gaza.