The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Khaled Arif, during his reception at the embassy headquarters, the delegation of the Jerusalem Tamkeen Fund headed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jerusalem Tamkeen Fund, His Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal, in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Union of Arab Chambers, Dr. Khaled Hanafi, and the President of the Jordan Chamber of Commerce, Khalil Haj Tawfiq, several embassy employees and Fund members, praised the third meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Jerusalem Tamkeen Fund and the successful visit of the Fund delegation to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Ambassador Aref praised the role and efforts of the Fund in supporting the steadfastness and empowerment of our Palestinian people in occupied Jerusalem in the face of Israeli Judaization policies that threaten the Palestinian presence in the Holy City, and its Islamic and Christian holy sites, given the great importance of Jerusalem to our Palestinian people and to all our Arab and Islamic nation.
He valued the Fund's announcement of the implementation of several development projects in Jerusalem for this year 2024, worth $ 7 million in the field of education, housing and people with special needs.
The delegation's visit to Manama and its meetings are part of the networking and communication programs between the Board of Trustees of the "Jerusalem Empowerment Fund" and Arab and Islamic leaders, as well as major private sector institutions in those countries.
The Jerusalem Empowerment Fund falls under the umbrella of the Islamic Development Bank, which hosted its first board meeting in Jeddah last August. The Board of Trustees has 15 members from Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Tunisia and Egypt. The fund was launched in December 2021 in partnership between the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment and the Islamic Development Bank to contribute to supporting the steadfastness of Jerusalemites and saving the heritage and capabilities of their city.
Source (Union of Arab Chambers)
