Civil Society Organizations and Media and Human Rights Associations Warn of the Government’s Aim to Pass a Law that Restricts the Freedom of Access to Information Civil society organizations (CSOs) and different media and human rights associations followed, with great concern, the Council of Ministers’ move to ratify a bill to regulate the right of accessing information in a confidential manner, without allowing anyone other than ministers to review its provisions. This draft law, whose copy was obtained by the...

The Palestinian government manages public funds without transparency or participation The Palestinian government faced significant difficulties in 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, including a crippling financial crisis that prevented it from meeting its obligations, which caused a cascade of financial problems across the public and private sectors, including issues related to union and syndicate rights, most notably, the non-payment of salaries to government employees for a period of about 18 months. Despite this, the Palestinian government has stuck to its policy of disrega...

MUSAWA joins the Civil Society Organizations letter denouncing the EU Comission statement  An Open letter to The EU ُThe undersigned Palestinian civil society organizations vehemently denounce and reject the shameful statement made by the EU Commission President, in which she celebrated Israel’s “Independence” day by using racist anti-Palestinian tropes and denying Palestinian history and the atrocities of the Nakba. These remarks depart from basic political and diplomatic principles and shamelessly favor the occupying power, which engages in persecution, aggression, and state terrorism against the Palestinian peo...