Asia-Pacific Coalition Headquarters for Quds and Palestine Opens in Jakarta

The Asia-Pacific Coalition for Quds and Palestine (APCOP) headquarters was officially opened in the Matraman area of Jakarta on Friday (21/8/2026). The modest and solemn inauguration was attended by figures from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), philanthropic institutions, and representatives of civil society concerned about Palestine.

APCOP President Sudarnoto Abdul Hakim stated that the office will serve as a coordination centre for humanitarian solidarity among Asia-Pacific communities for Quds and Palestine. “This inauguration is a follow-up to one of the resolutions of the Asia-Pacific Conference for Quds and Palestine in Jakarta in November 2025, which designated Jakarta as the headquarters of this coalition,” he explained.

More than just a coordination office, the APCOP headquarters is intended to become a hub that connects, strengthens, and expands various Asia-Pacific community movements for Palestine. Its focus includes advocacy, literacy, strengthening the Sumud Flotilla movement, and building cross-sector and cross-country solidarity networks.

However, the more fundamental agenda is to foster brotherhood between the people of the Asia-Pacific and the people of Gaza. Solidarity does not stop at aid and sympathy, but grows into a real and sustainable people-to-people relationship between the Asia-Pacific community and the people of Gaza.

Through networks of humanitarian organisations, philanthropy, women, youth, academics, media, communities, and civil society, APCOP will open space for the Asia-Pacific community to know, hear, accompany, and stand with the people of Gaza, while also bringing the voices and experiences of Gaza to the Asia-Pacific community.

Head of the APCOP Office, Irvan Nugraha, said the office is also designed to serve as a kind of mini genocide museum, as a space for literacy and humanitarian testimony about the tragedy in Gaza.