Related Research Articles
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".
Mohammad Yusuf Dahlan born on 29 September 1961 in Khan Yunis Refugee Camp,Khan Yunis,Gaza Strip also known by the kunya Abu Fadi is a Palestinian politician,the former leader of Fatah in Gaza. Dahlan was born to a refugee family from Hamama,the youngest of six children.
Said Seyam,first name also spelled Saeed and Sayed and last name also spelled Siam,was the interior minister of the Palestinian government of March 2006. He joined Hamas and became one of its top commanders. During the 2008–2009 Gaza War,Seyam was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia. Seyam was the most senior Hamas member killed in the war,and the most senior Hamas figure killed by Israel since the death of Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi in April 2004.
Salam Fayyad is a Jordanian–Palestinian politician who served as the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and the finance minister. He was Finance Minister from June 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2007 to May 2012. Fayyad was Prime Minister between June 2007 and June 2013.
The Prisoners' Document,officially the National Conciliation Document of the Prisoners was written in May 2006 by Palestinian prisoners,who were being held in an Israeli jail. The five prisoners who took part in writing the Document were respectively affiliated with Fatah,Hamas,Islamic Jihad,the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP).
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 Islamic Republic of Iran officially recognises Palestine as a state. Ali Khamenei,the Supreme Leader of Iran,rejects a two-state solution and implies that Palestine is inseparable,while Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a free referendum for the entire Palestinian population,including Arab citizens of Israel,to determine the type of government in the future Palestinian State,while reiterating that establishment of a Palestinian State alongside Israel would "never mean an endorsement of the Israeli occupation".
The Fatah–Hamas conflict is an ongoing political and strategic conflict between Fatah and Hamas,the two main Palestinian political parties in the Palestinian territories,leading to the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007. The reconciliation process and unification of Hamas and Fatah administrations remains unfinalized and the situation is deemed a frozen conflict.
Ziad Abu Amr is a Palestinian politician,author,and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He currently serves as the first deputy prime minister and is a member (independent) of the PLO Executive Committee. From 18 March 2007 to 17 June 2007,he was Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. On 6 June 2013,Ziad Abu-Amr was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority by President Mahmoud Abbas.
The History of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian Islamist fundamentalist socio-political organization with an associated paramilitary force,the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Hamas (حماس) Ḥamās is an acronym of حركةالمقاومةالاسلاميةḤarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah,meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement".
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.
The Ministry of Interior and National Security is the branch of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) cabinet in charge of the security and the statistics of the population of the State of Palestine. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) is a sub-branch of the Interior Ministry that has the responsibility for the population and economic statistics of the Palestinian territories. Since Hamas' takeover of Gaza,the position of the Interior Ministry within the Palestinian Security Services is unclear.
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.
Events in the year 2009 in the Palestinian territories.
Egypt–Palestine relations are the bilateral relations between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Palestine. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser was a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause and he favored self-determination for the Palestinians. Although the Egyptian government has maintained a good relationship with Israel since the Camp David Accords,most Egyptians strongly resent Israel,and disapprove of the close relationship between the Israeli and Egyptian governments.
The governance of the Gaza Strip since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 has been carried out by Hamas. The Hamas government in Gaza was led by Ismail Haniyeh from 2007 until February 2017,when Haniyeh was replaced as leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip by Yahya Sinwar. As of November 2023,Yahya Sinwar continues to be the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war,Hamas lost control of most of the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Battle of Gaza was a military conflict between Fatah and Hamas that took place in the Gaza Strip from 10 to 15 June 2007. It was a prominent event in the Fatah–Hamas conflict,centered on the struggle for power after Fatah lost the 2006 Palestinian legislative election. The battle resulted in the dissolution of the unity government and the de facto division of the Palestinian territories into two entities:the West Bank governed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA),and the Gaza Strip governed by Hamas. Hamas fighters took control of the Gaza Strip,while Fatah officials were either taken as prisoners,executed,or expelled. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights reported that at least 161 people were killed and more than 700 were wounded during the fighting.
A series of attempts to resolve the hostility between Fatah and Hamas have been made since their 2006–2007 conflict and Hamas' subsequent takeover of the Gaza Strip.
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.
The Palestinian Security Services (PSS) are the armed forces and intelligence agencies of the State of Palestine. They comprise several institutions,notably the Security Forces and the Police. The President of the Palestinian National Authority is Commander-in-Chief of the Palestinian Forces.
References
- ↑ The PA Ministerial Cabinet List—The National Unity Government March 2007. JMCC. Archived on 4 October 2009
- ↑ Hamas kills 8 in Gaza border clash Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine , By Ibrahim Barzak, Associated Press Writer, 5/15/07.
- ↑ Top Palestinian security official quits By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press, 5/14/07; Resignation deepens Gaza crisis, BBC, 5/14/07.
 | This Palestinian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |