The Palestinian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in cooperation with the Embassy of Palestine in Lebanon, launched a postage stamp bearing the name "Martyrs of the Graves of Numbers", in an effort to internationalize this issue among philatelic philatelists around the world by using this stamp in postal correspondence.
This was announced by the Palestinian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ishaq Sidr, who said that the occupation is holding the bodies of more than 400 martyrs who have fallen at different stages since 1965, as well as the prisoners who died under torture in the prisons of the occupation.
The stamp was designed by the head of the Photographer's House in Lebanon, Kamel Jaber.
The design consists of trees in a fenced cemetery whose graves bear numbers instead of names, and a red dove flies from them.
Jaber says that "every martyr grew a chrysanthemum, and the souls of the martyrs rose to birds, and came out of the framework of this prison to be larger than what the enemy thinks that he captured and placed in his chain."
The launch of the Palestinian postage stamp "Martyrs of the Graves of Numbers" came in appreciation of the martyrs' souls and their struggles, at the Public Authority for Radio and Television building in Ramallah, according to the Palestinian news agency "Wafa".
Minister Ishaq Sidr said that the issue of the martyrs whose bodies are being held is a humanitarian issue, bearing history and identity, and embodying the steadfastness of our people.
From the event of launching the Palestinian postage stamp in the name of "Martyrs of the Graves of Numbers" (communication sites)
Sidr added, "The occupation is holding the bodies of more than 400 martyrs, who rose in various stages of our people's struggle since 1965, as well as the prisoners who were martyred under torture in the occupation prisons, which constitutes a violation of all humanitarian, moral and international covenants."
He stressed that the issuance of the postcard under the title "Martyrs of the Graves of Numbers" aims to internationalize it among philatelic philatelists around the world, through its use in postal correspondence destined for the world.
Sidr pointed out that in the past two years, the Palestinian postal sector witnessed a remarkable development, information revolution and a huge postal exchange, as urgent postal parcels arrived within a few days to European countries, which opened new horizons for Palestinian Post to exchange and cooperate with countries of the world.
The event included the inauguration of the exhibition "Postage Stamps of the State of Palestine", the launch of the "Palestinian Character" brochure, Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine (2018), a postcard entitled "A general view of Jerusalem in 1817", and a silver medal bearing the slogan "Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine".
The event concluded by honoring the contributors to the design of postage stamps, namely Kamel Jaber, the designer of the Jerusalem stamp and the stamp of the martyrs of numbers, Ahmed Khattab, who is in charge of the postage stamp exhibition of the State of Palestine at the headquarters of the Palestinian Embassy in Lebanon, and the Palestinian Jerusalem painter Shehab Qawasmeh for gifting him the drawing of the Holy City that was used in the stamp. Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Palestine.
It is noteworthy that Palestine exchanges mail with 192 countries in the world, and its efforts have succeeded in developing its services to deliver urgent postal parcels within a few days to European countries.