The Palestinian government is discussing a draft law on the right to access information that will expand its control over the media by appointing a cabinet minister, instead of an independent commissioner, at the head of the Independent Information Commission. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) backs its affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), in rejecting the bill and calls on the government to commit to the draft law proposed in 2018, on which a consensus was reached by civil society organisations and independent institutions, including the IFJ.