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- ↑ Government of the State of Palestine, 2 June 2014. UN Observer SoP. Archived on 22 September 2015 from Government of the State of Palestine, 2 June 2014, accessed November 2015
- ↑ Who's Who in the New PA Government Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine . The Jerusalem Fund, 9 June 2014
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