Today, Monday, the Council of Ministers decided to allocate a sum of 100 million shekels to hospitals in occupied Jerusalem through funding from international partners.

The Council of Ministers also decided, in its weekly session held in the city of Ramallah, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh, to form a committee to follow up on investment in government lands, with the aim of facilitating the procedures for establishing projects in all Palestinian territories by Palestinians, especially expatriates among them.

He approved the Ministry of Local Government's plan (Sovereignty and Resilience Programme) to support the steadfastness of citizens in the Palestinian governorates, especially areas designated (C), and provide the necessary financing methods and direct investment to these areas.

The Council of Ministers also approved the Ministry of National Economy’s plan to improve the business and investment environment, and a license to provide water and sanitation services for the West Jenin Water Facility.

It approved two projects in the field of energy in Gaza and Ramallah, and ratified the recommendations of the ministerial committee to supervise the project to prepare the national spatial plan.

The Council of Ministers also ratified, in its weekly session, the cooperation agreement in the field of higher education and scientific research between the governments of the Republic of Tunisia and the State of Palestine, and agreed to start operating the Ain al-Bayda Emergency Center in the northern Jordan Valley 24 hours a day.

The Council of Ministers devoted a wide area of discussion to developing a government program targeting lands classified as (C) by establishing infrastructure that includes building roads, land reclamation, and extending electricity lines, water networks, and communications, in order to enhance the steadfastness of citizens in those areas, embody sovereignty over them, and ensure Urban expansion and services therein, to confront the processes of settlement expansion and land seizure through which the occupation authorities are trying to restrict the residents of those areas, by demolishing homes, destroying property, and seizing land.

The Council decided to form a ministerial steering committee to supervise the implementation of the program, headed by the Minister of Local Government and membership of the ministries of Agriculture, Finance, Economy, Transport and Communications, Civil Affairs, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority, and the Land Authority, Water, and Energy.

The Cabinet heard from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki, an explanation about the diplomatic efforts made during the past weeks in all state and Arab forums to enhance the presence of the State of Palestine in international and Arab organizations and bodies, the most recent of which was to raise the name of Palestine in the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in its seventh session. The sixtieth century, which was held in Vienna, reached the level of the “State of Palestine”, as well as the advanced position achieved by the State of Palestine in the vote that took place today in the League of Arab States on the Arab Charter on Human Rights.

The Council also heard a report from the Minister of Health, Mai Al-Kaila, on the conditions of hospitals, supplying them with medical personnel, and opening clinics in remote areas, where it approved the installation of a number of medical and health personnel who had previously worked during the “Corona” pandemic, and the allocation of an amount of 100 million shekels for the benefit of hospitals in the occupied city of Jerusalem. And operating the Ain Al-Bayda Emergency Center 24 hours a day to provide services to citizens in the area.

The Council of Ministers listened to a presentation of the latest draft of the Civil Service Law, to be a modern and advanced law, and addresses some of the failures and some loopholes in the previous law, to be submitted to the President for approval and issuance.

He also heard from the Minister of Local Government, Majdi Al-Saleh, an explanation about the project of the spatial plan for the lands of the State of Palestine, and the recommendations of the ministerial committee related to the project, which has been working on for three years, while he heard from the Minister of National Economy, Khaled Asseily, about the ministry’s plans to expand trade horizons with brotherly Jordan via Karama crossing, and related recommendations for discussion with Jordanian officials.

In his speech at the beginning of the session, Shtayyeh called on the United Nations to implement what was stated in the report of the independent investigation committee of the international body, in which it called on all countries to take action to put an end to Israeli violations and illegal practices in the occupied territories.

He added, "The continuing crimes committed by the occupation soldiers and settlers against our people, the most recent of which was the execution of the young man Muhammad Rummana from Al-Am'ari camp, the detention of his body, and the arrest of the wounded friend, require imposing sanctions on the occupying state, and not allowing the perpetrators to escape punishment." He expressed his condolences to the family of the martyr and to all the families of the martyrs, wishing recovery for the wounded.

The Prime Minister thanked the 92 countries that voted at the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in favor of raising the name of Palestine in the agency to “State of Palestine,” which would enhance recognition of the Palestinian state and grant it more privileges.

The Prime Minister said: “Area C is an integral part of the entire territory of the State of Palestine, and that there is an attempt by the current Israeli government and its predecessors to annex those areas. Since the beginning of our work, we have given these areas a major priority in various fields, and today we are renewing the launch of programs related to those areas.” The regions and all ministries are working to make the program a success, each according to its specialty.”