PA deputy district governor accuses Israel of stealing Palestinian heritage; "The antiquities in all of Palestine prove that the land of Palestine is an Arab-Canaanite land”
Headline: "Qalqilya: A seminar to introduce the new Palestinian Cultural and Material Heritage Law"
"The Qalqilya district organized a seminar yesterday, in cooperation with the [PA] Ministry of Tourism [and] under the sponsorship of District Governor of Qalqilya Rafe' Rawajbeh, to introduce the new Palestinian Cultural and Material Heritage Law.
Deputy District Governor [of Qalqilya] Husam Abu Hamda and [PA] Deputy Minister of Tourism Ali Abu Sorour participated in the seminar… Abu Hamda emphasized the importance of the new law in protecting the heritage, the identity, and the Palestinian existence. He referred to the situation in the Qalqilya district and to the fact that it is targeted by the occupation and its settlers, who are attempting to steal every Palestinian thing… The deputy district governor… said: 'Our struggle with the occupation is a struggle over the identity, the land, and the heritage. The antiquities in all of Palestine prove that the land of Palestine is an Arab-Canaanite land.'"
"The Qalqilya district organized a seminar yesterday, in cooperation with the [PA] Ministry of Tourism [and] under the sponsorship of District Governor of Qalqilya Rafe' Rawajbeh, to introduce the new Palestinian Cultural and Material Heritage Law.
Deputy District Governor [of Qalqilya] Husam Abu Hamda and [PA] Deputy Minister of Tourism Ali Abu Sorour participated in the seminar… Abu Hamda emphasized the importance of the new law in protecting the heritage, the identity, and the Palestinian existence. He referred to the situation in the Qalqilya district and to the fact that it is targeted by the occupation and its settlers, who are attempting to steal every Palestinian thing… The deputy district governor… said: 'Our struggle with the occupation is a struggle over the identity, the land, and the heritage. The antiquities in all of Palestine prove that the land of Palestine is an Arab-Canaanite land.'"