Human rights and civil society organizations, including MUSAWA, issued a statement addressing the general secretaries of the Palestinian national and Islamic factions, days before their meeting in Cairo, calling on them to unite and agree on a unified national strategy to confront the occupation, to respect Palestinian citizens' rights, freedoms, dignity, and right to choose their representatives, as well as to adopt clear policies to bolster their resilience in the face of the occupation. The statement is as follows: Your Excellencies, the...

Following the tragic death of a citizen in Gaza, MUSAWA Demands Cancelling Municipalities' Power to Remove Encroachments or Restricting It by Requiring Prior Court Approval MUSAWA—The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession—looked into the accident that claimed the life of Shady Abu Quta, a 48-year-old married father of two from the city of Khan Yunis. The incident occurred on Thursday morning, July 27, 2023, when Khan Yunis Municipality’s bulldozer arrived with two police officers to remove part of the perimet...

Esteemed president and members of the Bar Association, Subject: Non-compliance of Notaries Public with the Notarial Deeds System  MUSAWA-The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession- extends its greetings, stating that it has received complaints from a number of practicing lawyers regarding notaries public's non-compliance with the notarial deeds system, which has resulted in a decrease in the number of notarial deeds, negatively affecting the lawyers' work.  Accordingly, a random sample of 282 lawyers particip...