RAMALLAH, West Bank — At the Palestinian Cabinet’s weekly session Jan. 31, the government decided to postpone the ratification of a bill on human organ transplants, since many other pressing issues were on the table, a government source told Al-Monitor. The source also said the ministers needed more time to respond to the bill, which was presented to them Jan. 3. Once the bill is passed, it will be presented to President Mahmoud Abbas to be signed into law.
The law, prepared by the Health Ministry, would establish a “supreme committee on human organ transplants” headed by the health minister and including members from Palestine’s Dar al-Ifta religious council and the Justice Ministry. Its job would be to organize and administer transplant operations and organ donations and to monitor them according to the law.
