Haifa and its port are the pulse of the Palestinian heart!!

This port, which was built by Sheikh Zahir al-Omar in 1761 AD, was built by Palestinian Arab hands. During the nineteenth century, the port developed despite the setback in its work in some periods due to the volatile political situation at the time. It is distinguished over others by its strategic geographic location in the city of Haifa, with its length of 3 meters. km on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, the depth of its waters, and its extension between Mount Carmel and the sea, in addition to its other technical specifications. The port has historically contributed to supplying the Palestinian Canaanite city with trade and tourists, and reviving its economy and the lives of its people. Haifa's geographical location contributed to its urban, commercial and tourism growth, and it was distinguished by being the most important center of intellectual radiation in historical Palestine. What increased the importance of the city was the presence of the Hejaz Railway, which extended in 1905, as well as the Haifa-Cairo Railway, and then its port, which was established by the Ottomans in 1905. 1908, so European ambitions began to move towards the port of Haifa, taking advantage of the political alliances and tensions at that time.

With Palestine falling under the British Mandate, the British forces worked to build the port’s infrastructure and develop its facilities. After 11 years of work, the port opened in its new look in 1933, and began receiving Iraqi oil via a pipeline from the Kirkuk fields in the north. The new port also contributed to the export of many products from Palestine and neighboring Arab countries to the world, and Haifa’s role grew in addition to being the gateway to The world, and the port of Haifa (which in 1947 was considered one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean after Alexandria) enriched Palestinian life and became the first strategic and commercial city, which whetted the appetite of the Zionists. It and Jaffa were the first cities occupied by Zionist gangs in 1948, and crimes, massacres and genocide were committed against them. Most of their people were displaced, which led to a loss of economic energy despite the stock of wealth and agricultural and natural products in the countryside. And weakening the ability of Palestinian steadfastness, Israel stole all the Palestinian effort and the huge legacy of economic infrastructure, and built its economy on it, which provided it huge sums of money, especially in the first ten years of its occupation. The port represents great military importance to the Israeli army and navy as it is a military barracks because of the non-conventional weapons and chemical factories it contains, in addition to submarines, warships and other military equipment.

As occupied Haifa grows older, its value, importance, brilliance increase like gold. At the same time, the occupation’s ambitions in it and in its port multiply, even if the Zionist leaders were able to steal the geography and this Palestinian heritage in the past and present by force of arms and collect huge sums of money from the deals to sell this port for billions of dollars to China and India. Previously, this money was used to buy weapons with which to kill Palestinians, and it is currently looking forward to more sales and for the port of Haifa to have a primary role in the major American project (corridor) between India and Europe, which aims to connect ports in Europe with the Middle East and Asia, and we are not here to talk about the success of the project. Whether or not there is a competitive project for influence between countries, we are responding to those who exploit the project and target Palestine (geography, which is located in the heart of the ancient world) and the ancient history, where it occupied the forefront. Netanyahu can manipulate the drawing of maps and replace the word “Israel” instead of Palestine and display it in the United Nations (and this is a condemnation of him and the United Nations, which did not object to him), but Netanyahu and the Zionist leadership will not be able to cancel the existence and history of the owner of the true stolen heritage and their national and historical identities, and cancel the Palestine that speaks Historical evidence about the long history of its land and the depth of its roots. To all of these we say: Except Haifa and its port!!!