Al Quds Community Action Center (Champion of Rights in the Old City)Take a right turn from El Wad Street in the heart of the Old City onto the historic Al Khanda Suq and you will walk into the glass “storefront” of the Al Quds Community Center. High stone arches divide this historic building into a multi-arcade space resonant of the many purposes it serves. The building itself began in the 12th century as a Crusader church.
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The Al-Quds University, first established in 1984, is the biggest and leading public Arab Palestinian academic institution in East Jerusalem which provides education for over 8000 students. It was recognized by the Palestinian National Authority after the signature of the Oslo Accords in 1993. Today the majority of the activities and structures of Al-Quds University are in the Abu Dis Municipality (the Jerusalem Governorate which is part of the West Bank). There are also some important offices in the area annexed by Israel such as the Rector’s office and Fine Arts Faculty.
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Dr.Munir NUSEIBAH from Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic speaking at our first side event on forcible transfer at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC31), described the historical context of residency revocations in occupied Jerusalem since 1967, and the recent punitive measures being considered by the Israeli Supreme Court.
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