The Palestinian National Authority,commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over West Bank areas "A" and "B" as a consequence of the 1993–1995 Oslo Accords. The Palestinian Authority controlled the Gaza Strip prior to the Palestinian elections of 2006 and the subsequent Gaza conflict between the Fatah and Hamas parties,when it lost control to Hamas;the PA continues to claim the Gaza Strip,although Hamas exercises de facto control. Since January 2013,the Palestinian Authority has used the name "State of Palestine" on official documents,although the United Nations continues to recognize the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as the "representative of the Palestinian people".
The Palestine Liberation Organization is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people. Founded in 1964,it initially sought to establish an Arab state over the entire territory of the former Mandatory Palestine,advocating the elimination of the State of Israel. However,in 1993,the PLO recognized Israeli sovereignty with the Oslo I Accord,and now only seeks Arab statehood in the Palestinian territories that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab–Israeli War.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's mandate encompasses Palestinians who fled or were expelled during the Nakba,the 1948 Palestine War,and subsequent conflicts,as well as their descendants,including legally adopted children. As of 2019,more than 5.6 million Palestinians are registered with UNRWA as refugees.
Mahmoud Abbas,also known by the kunya Abu Mazen,is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). He has been the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since 2004,PNA president since January 2005,and State of Palestine president since May 2005. Abbas is also a member of the Fatah party and was elected chairman in 2009.
Palestine,officially known as the State of Palestine,is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. It is officially recognized as a state by the United Nations and numerous countries. Palestine shares borders with Israel to the west and north,Jordan to the east and Egypt to the southwest. The state comprises the West Bank,including East Jerusalem,and the Gaza Strip. The population of Palestine exceeds five million people,and covers an area of 6,020 square kilometres (2,320 sq mi). Jerusalem is its proclaimed capital and the official language is Arabic. The majority of Palestinians practice Islam while Christianity also has a significant presence. Gaza is the largest city,while Jerusalem is the proclaimed capital,with Ramallah serving as a current temporary administrative center.
Mahmoud al-Zahar is a Palestinian politician. He is a co-founder of Hamas and a member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip. Al-Zahar served as foreign minister in the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority Government of March 2006 that was sworn in on 20 March 2006.
The state of human rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is determined by Palestinian as well as Israeli policies,which affect Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories both directly and indirectly,through their influence over the Palestinian Authority (PA). Based on The Economist Democracy Index this state is classified as an authoritarian regime.
The next Palestinian legislative election was scheduled for 22 May 2021,according to a decree by President Mahmoud Abbas on 15 January 2021,but was indefinitely postponed on 29 April 2021.
Nahid Munir al-Rayyis was a Palestinian politician,philanthropist,author and poet. He had formerly served as the Justice Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
China–Palestine relations,also referred to as Sino–Palestinian relations,encompasses the long bilateral relationship between China and Palestine dating back from the early years of the Cold War.
The president of the State of Palestine is the head of state of Palestine. Yasser Arafat became the first titular president of the State of Palestine in 1989,one year after the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. The title was originally titular,in parallel with the de facto title president of the Palestinian National Authority. Both functions were held by Arafat from 1994 and continued until his death in November 2004,and were continued by his successor Mahmoud Abbas. In January 2005,the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) asked Abbas to perform the duties of the president of the State of Palestine. In November 2008,the PCC approved the continuation of Abbas's function as president of the State of Palestine. Since 2013,the title president of the State of Palestine became the sole title of the Palestinian president.
Events in the year 2011 in the Palestinian territories.
The prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority was the position of the official head of government of the Palestinian Authority government,which operated between 2003 and January 2013,when it was officially transformed into the State of Palestine. Some still refer to the position of the prime minister of the Gaza Strip as the prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
Rami Hamdallah is a Palestinian politician and academic. He served as prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority from 2014 to 2019 and president of An-Najah National University in Nablus.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and Maoist organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front,or al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya. It is a member organization of the Palestine Liberation Organization,the Alliance of Palestinian Forces and the Democratic Alliance List.
Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei,also known by his Arabic name kunyaAbu Alaa,was a Palestinian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
Ismail Haniyeh is a Palestinian politician who is seen as the overall political leader of Hamas,the de facto ruling entity of the Gaza Strip. He is the current chairman of Hamas’s political bureau;as of 2023,Haniyeh lives in Qatar.
Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh is a Palestinian politician,academic,and economist who served as Prime Minister of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority from 2019 to 2024. On 26 February 2024,he and his government announced their resignation,remaining in office in a demissionary capacity until a new government was formed on March 31,2024.
Khaled Mashal is a Palestinian political leader who is the former head of the militant organization Hamas.
The Palestinian Unity Government of June 2014 was a national unity government of the Palestinian National Authority under Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formed on 2 June 2014 following the Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Agreement that had been signed on 23 April 2014. The ministers were nominally independent,but overwhelmingly seen as loyal to President Abbas and his Fatah movement or to smaller leftist factions,none of whom were believed to have close ties to Hamas. However,the Unity Government was not approved by the Legislative Council,leading to its legitimacy being questioned. The Unity Government dissolved on 17 June 2015 after President Abbas said it was unable to operate in the Gaza Strip.
