It has maintained and continues to maintain its national unity approach, and its clear understanding of the concerns of the Palestinian citizen, especially the people of Jerusalem, and the issues of the eternal capital of the State of Palestine, with a comprehensive discourse and solid national language, despite the obstacles placed in the way by the occupation.

Obstacles, impediments, and sanctions, including closure, have been imposed as part of attempts to destroy the media, cultural, and institutional structures, as well as everything related to Jerusalem. Yet, it has remained and continues to be a resilient media voice.

Throughout its media career, Al-Quds newspaper has charted its own unique path, adding a new dimension to Palestinian media. It has fought the disease of calcification and decline that has afflicted many newspapers and publications as a result of the repercussions of the modern technology revolution and the media and social networking sites that are rising strongly on the scene. Rather, it has developed its work to keep pace with this great revolution in the world of media and to harness it to benefit from its advantages.

Despite the scarcity of financial resources that it suffered from, as did other daily newspapers and periodicals, as a result of the decline in public demand for print publications and the shrinking advertising market, it was able to overcome this through the rapid development of the content and message of the Jerusalem newspaper, which was and continues to be directed to Palestinians for daily and regular reading.

These days, Al-Quds newspaper celebrates the publication of its 20,000th issue. In this context, we should also remember that each issue has its own special charm, with the concerns, challenges, and wounds it carries. How many of them exposed the crimes and aggression of the occupier, and how many also suffered from the occupation’s censor’s scissors. These issues of Al-Quds newspaper are a journey of success with all the suffering and continuous work they carried, carried out by a group of experienced Palestinian journalists who also suffered from the woes of the occupation and its aggression. How many pictures were an adventure and how many words were written in blood.

How beautiful is Al-Quds newspaper as it reminds you through its glorious pages of what happened twenty years ago. It also boasts the articles of its writers with diverse intellectual backgrounds. How beautiful is the article of its editor-in-chief, Mr. Ibrahim Mahlam, who presents you with a comprehensive amount of information and analysis in simple language.

Al-Quds newspaper has maintained its nationalist approach first and foremost and its editorial independence, and has become a shining star in the Palestinian media sky.

This is a blessed occasion that we take advantage of to extend our greetings to all our colleagues, both male and female, and to the editor-in-chief of Al-Quds newspaper, and to highly appreciate and value their media efforts and their intellectual and combative role, which also represents a challenge to the occupation, so that Al-Quds newspaper, bearing the name of the capital, remains strong and capable of creativity and brilliance, writing for Palestine and defending its people, the blood of the martyrs and the suffering of the prisoners.

*Member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front

Secretary of the Central Media Department