Secretary-General of Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs (RCJA), Abdullah Kanaan, said Jordan's national history, including brotherly relations and sacrifices towards the Palestinian cause, have contributed to preserving multiple aspects of Palestinian culture. Kanaan said the historical documents on the history of the Palestinian setback (Nakba), including the audio and visual archive looted by the Israeli occupation, provide proof to condemn Israeli crimes and violations against the Palestinian people over decades of colonialism. In a statement on the occasion of the "World Day for Audiovisual Heritage", which falls Sunday, Kanaan noted the Israeli occupation deliberately burned and stole the contents of Palestinian public and private family libraries. In this regard, he said Israel transferred Khalil Sakakini Library in Qatamon neighborhood, west of Jerusalem, to the Hebrew University, adding that the same fate faced Ishaq Husseini Library, which contained 4,000 books and manuscripts and Khalili Libra ry in Jerusalem that housed 7,000 books and manuscripts. Furthermore, he said Israel burned the warehouses of the Jordanian Distribution Company in Jerusalem in 1983. The RCJA, in light of the continued Israeli violations in all their brutal forms against Palestinian sanctities, institutions and archive, has exposed ferocity of the digital occupation and danger of cultural distortion and attempts to promote the false Israeli narrative, he pointed out. Kanaan added that this effort embodies the Hashemite custodianship over Jerusalem's Islamic and Christian holy sites. Many Jordanian institutions, he noted, have been keen to preserve Palestinian heritage through digital archives, including Jordan's Ministry of Culture, other institutions, and government and private universities, as well as public and private museums. Source: Jordan News Agency