Report of Israeli Think-Tank on the Global Muslim Brotherhood

elease Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Haniyeh also refers to a letter he received
from Isam Cude, head <strong>of</strong> the Islamic Society in Gaza identified above as partially
financed by the Union <strong>of</strong> Good. XXXI XXXII The contents <strong>of</strong> the letter are unknown,
but Haniyeh said he would respond to the head <strong>of</strong> UNIW. In the conversation, OZKAYA
informed Haniyeh that:
… UNIW and TGTV are engaged in some activities regarding the human tragedy
endured by the Palestinians in the Region <strong>of</strong> Refah, that is, the passage between
Egypt and Palestine.
On August 14, Turkish media reported that FIDDER had hosted the Third Congress
<strong>of</strong> the Union <strong>of</strong> Good at the Park Hotel in Istanbul. Representatives <strong>of</strong> around 60
humanitarian assistance organizations from almost 50 European and Arab countries
were said to have discussed the Palestinian issue and the <strong>Israeli</strong> archaeological work
near the al-Aqsa Mosque. XXXIII Remarks in support <strong>of</strong> Palestine were reported by
FIDDER chairman Tahsin Misirli, as well as by IHH leader Bulent Yildirim who was
in attendance:
The people <strong>of</strong> Turkey are there for Palestine, FIDDER Chairman Tahsin Mısırlı
said in a speech delivered at the congress, while calling on those who care
about justice to support the Palestinians. Bülent Yıldırım <strong>of</strong> the Humanitarian
Relief Foundation (IḢH) said their assistance for Palestinians would continue
until the establishment <strong>of</strong> an independent Palestinian state. “Ninety-seven
percent <strong>of</strong> this country [‘s people] support the Palestinian cause. We have the
support <strong>of</strong> two-thirds <strong>of</strong> Parliament,” Yıldırım added, referring to the fact that
the Palestinian cause has also found support at the political level in Turkey.
“Everybody in the country is mobilized to help Palestine. Even small children
are sending their pocket money,” he said. 238
On August 22, UNIW reported that a delegation from Al Quds International Institution
(AQII) visited UNIW and TGTV in a meeting hosted by the Safa Foundation. AQII is a
non-pr<strong>of</strong>it organization established in Lebanon in 2001 with a permanent headquarters
in Jerusalem that, according to IslamOnline, “seeks to keep Al-Quds cause alive and
pass it on from one generation to another.” 239 The AQII Board <strong>of</strong> Trustee is chaired by
Youssef Qaradawi, and until recently its board <strong>of</strong> directors was headed by Lebanese
Faisal Mawlawi, who has also been Qaradawi’s Deputy at the Union <strong>of</strong> Good and
the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR). 240 During the August meeting,
AQII Secretary General Akram Adlouni reportedly <strong>of</strong>fered and reached an agreement
on cooperation with UNIW and TGTV in several Al-Quds related projects. XXXIV One <strong>of</strong>
these joint projects was to be a global “Al-Quds Conference” to be organized by UNIW
and TGTV and which was held in November under the title “Al-Quds International
Forum”.
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Contents <strong>of</strong> the letter are unknown but Haniyeh says he will respond to head <strong>of</strong> UNIW.
“Jamiyyat al-Islamiyyah fi Madinat al Jabaliyah.”
XXXIII It is a common theme in the Global Muslim Brotherhood that Israel is attempting to cause the collapse <strong>of</strong> the
Al-Aqsa mosque under the pretense <strong>of</strong> archaeological excavations being conducted near the site.
XXXIV Akram Adeloni (aka Muhammad Akram Adlouni) is the likely author <strong>of</strong> a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood
document calling for the destruction <strong>of</strong> Western civilization at the hands <strong>of</strong> the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood.
See http://www.currenttrends.org/docLib/20090411_Merley.USBROTHERHOOD.pdf.