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The following political parties, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority in the Palestinian territories:
In 1994, The Palestinian Authority was formed, the governing body for the interim period pending final status negotiations. The President of the State of Palestine is the highest-ranking political position, the equivalent to head of state, in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The President is elected by popular elections. The Palestinian Legislative Council is the legislature of the Palestinian Authority. It is not to be confused with the Palestinian National Council, which remains the national legislature of the Palestinian people as a whole. The PLC passed a new law in June 2005 increasing the number of MPs from 88 to 132, stipulating that half be elected under a system of proportional representation and half by traditional constituencies.[ citation needed ]
| Party | Abbr. | Flag | Founded | Leader | Political position | Legislative Council | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamas حماس |  | 1987 | Khaled Mashal |  | Right-wing to far-right [4] | 74 / 132 | |
| Fatah فتح |  | 1965 | Mahmoud Abbas |  | Centre-left | 45 / 132 | |
| PFLP | 1967 | Ahmad Sa'adat | Far-left | 3 / 132 | |||
| 2005 | Salam Fayyad |  | Left-wing [5] (Liberalism) [5] | 2 / 132 | ||||
| PNI | 2002 | Mustafa Barghouti |  | Left-wing | 2 / 132 | ||
| DFLP |  | 1968 | Nayef Hawatmeh |  | Far-left | 1 / 132 | |
| PPP | 1982 | Bassam as-Salhi | Far-left | 1 / 132 | |||
| Independent | — | 4 / 132 | ||||||
| Party | Abbr. | Flag | Founded | Political position | Founder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Centre-left | Marwan Barghouti |  | |||
| ALF | 1969 | Right-wing [a] | Rakad Salem | |||
| As-Sa'iqa الصاعقة |  | 1966 | Far-left [b] | Farhan Abu Hayja | ||
| PLF | 1959 | Wasel Abu Yousef | ||||
| PLF (ANAW) | 1983 | Abu Nidal Ashqar | ||||
| PLF (AFGW) | 1983 | Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim | ||||
| PAF | 1993 | Left-wing | Jameel Shihadeh | |||
| FIDA | 1990 | Left-wing | Saleh Ra'fat | |||
| PCP |  | 1991 | Far-left | Mahmoud Sa'adeh | ||
| PPSF | 1967 | Left-wing | Ahmed Majdalani | |||
| PPSF (KAM) | 1991 | Left-wing | Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid | |||
| PFLP-GC | 1968 | Left-wing [c] | Ahmed Jibril | |||
| RDPP | 2019 | |||||
| RPCP | 1982 | Far-left | Arabi Awwad | |||
| Wa'ad | 2004 | Left-wing | Eyad El-Sarraj | |||
| PJP | 2005 | Usâma Salîm Muhammad | ||||
| Fatah al-Yasir | 2007 | Right-wing | Khalid Abu-Hilal | |||
| PMM | 2001 | Right-wing | Asaad Abu Sharia | |||
In October 2023, the far-right Islamist group Hamas conducted a series of attacks on Israel, killing more than 1,000 Israelis and foreign nationals and kidnapping more than 250 men, women, and children.
Since the surprise attack – called the "Al Aqsa Flood" – launched on Saturday 7 October by the Palestinian group Hamas, a far-right Islamist organisation, recognized as terrorist by the European Union, the situation in the region has been quite precarious.
The leak reveals that the Brotherhood – a Sunni Islamic religious organization rooted in Egypt with branches in other countries that has inspired numerous far-right Islamist groups, including Hamas – wanted to work with Iran's religious far-right leadership.
