RAMALLAH, November 16, 2025 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Presidency has issued a statement as follows:
"In confirmation of the Presidential statement issued on October 3, 2025, and based on our firm commitment to implementing the comprehensive reform and development roadmap and building a unified national system for social protection and welfare in accordance with the highest international standards, we issued Decree-Law No. (4) of 2025 concerning the Palestinian National Institution for Economic Empowerment and its amendments. This aims to unify social protection and welfare programs under the management and responsibility of a single national institution.
Accordingly, President Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, reiterated the following:
1. The Palestinian National Institution for Economic Empowerment is the sole entity responsible for implementing Decree-Law No. (4) of 2025. It is authorized to disburse financial allocations, apply eligibility criteria with complete fairness and transparency, and implement the provisions of the law in its entirety without any exceptions.
2. No financial allocations will be disbursed to any category covered by the new system until the unified form approved by the Palestinian National Foundation for Economic Empowerment is completed and the eligibility conditions and criteria stipulated in the law are met.
3. The government, ministries, and other institutions are considered irrelevant to disbursement files or financial allocation programs after the enactment of Law No. (4) of 2025. We emphasize that any procedures or instructions issued by entities other than the Palestinian National Foundation for Economic Empowerment are null and void and not binding.
4. We affirm the strict commitment to implementing the provisions of Law No. (4) of 2025 and warn against any violation or obstruction of its requirements. The Palestinian National Foundation for Economic Empowerment bears full responsibility for implementing the law and monitoring entitlements.
5. We call upon all beneficiaries to fully cooperate with the Palestinian National Foundation for Economic Empowerment and to complete the unified form only through official channels to ensure that allocations reach their rightful recipients fairly and transparently, within the framework of the unified social protection and welfare system.
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