Today, Monday, the Council of Ministers adopted a plan to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, as part of a series of activities and the participation of the masses of our people on this occasion.

The following are the most prominent items of the plan approved by the Council of Ministers, in coordination with the Supreme National Committee for the Commemoration of the Nakba:

- Inviting the masses of the Palestinian people and their official, civil, popular and private institutions to participate in the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, according to the approved program, and to actively participate in the central return march in Ramallah, which will start on Monday, 15/5/2023, at 12:30 in front of The tomb of the late martyr Yasser Arafat, all the way to Al-Manara Square, where the Central Return Festival is located.

- Suspension of staff working hours at 12:00 noon, to enable them to participate in the central return march in Ramallah on Monday, 15/5/2023.

- Assigning the Ministry of Education to allocate the school radio and read the central statement to the students in the morning assembly on Monday, corresponding to 5/15/2023, and to include activity and art classes and open days starting from the date of May 10 to talk about the Nakba and its repercussions, and the participation of scout teams in the central return march.

- Assigning the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs to circulate to mosque preachers that a lesson and a sermon on Friday, corresponding to 12/5/2023 be devoted to talking about the Nakba and its repercussions on our people, and the pain and suffering that befell them in the homeland and diaspora for 75 years, and sounding the whistle of mourning from the mosques’ speakers, for a period of 75 years. A second number of the years of the Nakba, and assigning the Supreme Council of Churches to ring church bells, at midnight on Sunday, corresponding to 14/5/2023, and at noon on Monday, corresponding to 15/5/2023 at exactly one o’clock in the afternoon, and an invitation to participate in the march through the unified call to prayer.

- Assigning the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates to direct a circular to the embassies and representations of the State of Palestine abroad, to organize special activities and events on the occasion of commemorating the Nakba.

- Assigning the Minister of Local Government to circulate to local bodies to actively participate in the events held, especially the central return march in Ramallah on Monday 5/15/2023, and to run buses from all regions for this purpose.

Requesting heads of government departments to personally participate with employees in the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, especially the central return march, on Monday, 15/5/2023, at 12:30 noon.

- Assigning the ministries of: Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Endowments and Religious Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Local Government, Interior, and Information, each in its own capacity, to issue circulars for organizing activities for this anniversary, and to actively participate in the central return march in Ramallah on Monday corresponding to 15/5/2023, and to participate in the digital campaign on social media platforms in particular.

The Council of Ministers also decided, in its session held in the city of Ramallah, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh, to form a community dialogue committee, and with state employees, to enhance communication with individuals and institutions, and to form a ministerial committee to study the procedures for appointing and empowering people with disabilities in public office, and providing Recommendations to the Cabinet.

The Council also decided to form a committee to prepare a draft legal aid system, in addition to the final referral of a number of projects in the electricity and water sectors.

He ratified the cooperation agreement in the field of higher education and scientific research between the government of the State of Palestine and the government of the Republic of Tajikistan, and referred a number of legislations for study by the competent authorities.