Session No. (240)

22/01/2024

Session No. (240)

 

Approval of the official holidays for religious and national occasions in the State of Palestine for the year 2024 AD according to the following:

       National holidays and occasions

Occasion

Date

The duration of the official holiday

Eid al-Fitr

Shawal 1

Pause and three days

Al- Adha Feast

Dhul Hijjah 10

Pause and four days

Islamic New Year

Muharram 1

One day

Al-Mawlid al-Nababwi

al-Sharif

Rabi` al Awwal 12

One day

Al Isra' wal Miraj

Rajab 27

One day

Christian New Year

January 1

One day

International Women's Day

March 8

One day

Labor`s Day

May 1

One day

Easter

May 5

One day

Independence Day

November 15

One day

Christmas (Western)

December 25

One day

Christmas (Eastern)

January 7

One day

 
  • Official religious holidays for Christian employees following the Julian calendar (Eastern churches) 2024 AD.

Occasion

Date

The Duration of the official holiday

Christmas

01/07/2024

Two days

New Year (Eastern)

01/14/2024

One day

Epiphany

01/19/2024

One day

Palm Sunday

04/28/2024

One day

Holy Thursday

05/02/2024

One day

Good Friday

05/03/2024

One day

Holy Saturday

05/04/2024

One day

Easter Sunday

05/05/2024

Two days

Ascension Day

06/13/2024

One day

Pentecost Day

06/23/2024

One day

 

 

  • Official religious holidays for Christian employees following the Gregorian calendar (Western churches) 2024 AD.

Occasion

Date

The Duration of the official holiday

New Year (Western)

01/01/2024

One day

Epiphany

01/06/2024

One day

Palm Sunday

03/24/2024

One day

Holy Thursday

03/28/2024

One day

Good Friday

03/29/2024

One day

Holy Saturday

03/30/2024

One day

Easter Sunday

03/31/2024

Two days

Ascension Day

05/09/2024

One day

Pentecost Day

05/19/2024

One day

Christmas

12/25/2024

Two days

 
  • Religious holidays for Samaritan employees for 2024 AD.

Occasion

Date

The Duration of the official holiday

Passover

  04/23-22/2024

Two days

The Feast Unleavened Bread

04/29/2024

One day

Pentecost

06/12/2024

One day

Harvest Festival

06/16/2024

One day

The feast of the Seventh Month

10/03/2024

One day

The day of  Atonement

10/15-14/2024

Two days

The feast of Tabernacles

10/17/2024

One day

Shemini Atzeret (the Eighth day of  Holy Convocation

10/24/2024

One day

 

 

1.

Approval of allocating a lump sum of money to repair the damages in the old city of Nablus.

2.

Approval of allocating a lump sum of money to cover the housing allowances for those affected by the occupation aggression on the city of Tulkarm.

3.

Approval of execution for a project of rehabilitation and pavement of internal roads in the Al Rashid neighborhood in the governorate of Tulkarm.

4.

Approval of purchasing licenses and operating systems for postal banks and automated ATMs.

5.

Approval of purchasing Postal Banks and ATMs maintenance services.

6.

Approval of renewal of contracts for the experts of the world bank to work in the projects unit at the Ministry of Education.

7.

Approval of the membership of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in the Board of Directors of Palestine Electricity Transmission Ltd.

8.

Approval of granting permits to individuals and companies to purchase and own immovable real estates.

9.

Approval of granting funds to a number of non-profit companies.

10.

Establishment of a ministerial committee to set the criteria and foundations of appointing the undersecretaries.

11.

Exceptional continuation of work in the State of Palestine according to wintertime during the Holy Month of Ramadan for (2024-2025), provided that the start of using summertime in Palestine, for the years referred to herein, by switching to daylight, and setting the clock forward (60) minutes, at 2:00 am as of dawn of Saturday 04/20/2024 AD, and 04/12/2025 AD.

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