Ramallah_15/2/2023, in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Interior, Major General Ziyad Hab Al-Rih: Today, Wednesday, the customs police force participated in the graduation of the sixth batch of the Palestinian Officers Academy, on the campus of the Central Training Institute, in the presence of the head of the Military Training Authority, Major General Mahmoud Haroun, directors and representatives. All security forces and a number of international friends
The course was held for nine consecutive months, starting on 22/5/2022 until 15/2/2023, with the participation of 58 students from various security forces, during which they received physical and military training, academic courses and central lectures, in addition to carrying out various volunteer activities. and cultural and sports activities.
The ceremony began with the Palestinian national anthem, recitation of fragrant verses from the Holy Quran, and a short video showing the stages of training the course.
In the speech of His Excellency the Minister of the Interior, Major General Ziyad Hab Al-Rih, he conveyed the greetings of the President of the State of Palestine and the Supreme Commander of the Security Forces, Mr. President Mahmoud Abbas, and the greetings of His Excellency the Prime Minister, Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh, and their blessings and wishes for success.
He also stressed the importance of this course, the graduation of which comes in complex circumstances that the State of Palestine and the political and security leadership are going through. During his speech, he touched on the sustainability of training and the unification of all efforts between the security agencies in order to make such courses a success, which aims to build a security institution capable of performing its duties, and stressed that The Palestinian leadership headed by His Excellency Mr. President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Palestinian government pays great attention to the security sector, because its presence is an essential factor for the protection and stability of society, leading to the establishment of the State of Palestine with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
  The Chairman of the Commission, Major General Mahmoud Haroun, praised during his speech the performance and commitment of the graduates, stressing that this indicates the importance of establishing the Palestinian officer and making all efforts in order to build committed officers capable of carrying the trust and performing the national and humanitarian duty and providing the best services to the Palestinian citizen and maintaining security and stability.
He also pointed out that this session indicates that the security institution alone is one and that its success is the result of concerted efforts among all security agencies.
For his part, the officer's academy officer congratulated the graduates, stressing that this regiment is added to the series of successes achieved by the academy, and that this regiment graduated after completing all the requirements and passing the necessary tests.
  He also thanked the Authority, represented by its President, Major General Mahmoud Haroun, for the efforts it made in making the course a success, in addition to the thanks of the Central Training Institute represented by Brigadier General Fakhr Al-Abhari, and the staff of the Officers Academy, who exerted their best efforts for nine months, and were credited with reaching this success, and added that the Academy It will remain, as we used to, harnessing its energies and the expertise of its staff in providing the best training, through which it aims primarily to build highly qualified officers.
In conclusion, certificates were distributed to graduates, and those with advanced positions were honored.