Introduction

The importance of the seminar lies within the urgent need to activate the parliamentary frameworks of parliaments, most notably the committees specializing in supporting the Palestinian issue and their role in maintaining the presence of the issue in parliaments and various parliamentary institutions, and contributing to confronting the plans targeting the occupied city of Jerusalem and the Palestinian issue, especially with the exceptional and dangerous circumstances in which the issue is experiencing, and with the emergence of unlimited American and Western support for the Israeli occupation in the war of annihilation it is waging against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip.

Objectives

This seminar is a part of the activities of the Fifth Conference of the League of Parliamentarians for al-Quds to achieve the following objectives:

1. Trying to understand the importance and role of the Palestine committees in supporting the Palestinian cause, highlighting it, and maintaining its presence in parliaments, parliamentary institutions, and on the agenda of governments.

2. Coming up with recommendations and practical outcomes about activating the role of committees, coordinating between them and the parties supporting the Palestinian cause, and creating tools to influence decisions and legislation related to the Palestinian cause.

3. Consultation on ways to motivate representatives to carry out their oversight role on the governments’ performance towards the Palestinian issue using various parliamentary tools.

4. Consultation on ways to mobilize representatives against international projects seeking to liquidate the Palestinian cause, violating the status of Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the war of extermination against the Palestinian people.

5. Discussing ways to effectively participate in developments in the Palestinian issue and ways to protect the Palestinian people, confront the narrative of the occupation, and confront Western support for it in international and relevant institutions.

Speakers

MP Hasan Turan / Member of the Turkish National Assembly

MP Hamza Hamlaoui/ Member of the Algerian National People’s Assembly

MP Mohamed Al Balooshi / Member of the Bahraini Parliament

MP Syed Ibrahim/ Member of the Malaysian Parliament

Representative Yunus Abubakar/ Member of the Nigerian Parliament

MP Firas Al Ajarma/ Member of the Jordanian House of Representatives

Representative Michele Piras/ Member of the Italian Parliament

Session moderator: Mushahid Hussain/Member of the Executive Board of the League of Parliamentarians for Jerusalem

Session duration: An hour and a half