Abbas sets minimum marriage age to 18; permits mothers to open bank accounts for minor children

Headline: "The [PA] president issues a decision with force of law that permits mothers to open bank accounts for their minor children, and a decision with force of law in which he established that the [minimum] age of marriage for both genders is 18"

"[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decision with force of law in which he permitted mothers to open bank accounts for their minor children, to make deposits into them, to make withdrawals from them, and to close them.

The president also issued a decision with force of law in which he established that the [minimum] age of marriage for both genders is 18, except for specific cases [that will be approved] by a decision of the authorized court."