Fatah,formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement,is a Palestinian nationalist and social democratic political party. It is the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the second-largest party in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Mahmoud Abbas,the President of the Palestinian Authority,is the chairman of Fatah.
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".
Shlomo Argov was an Israeli diplomat. He was the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom whose attempted assassination led to the 1982 Lebanon War.
Mohammad Yusuf Dahlan born on September 29,1961 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.
Nabīl or Nabeel is a male given name of Arabic origin,meaning "noble". The feminine version is Nabila,Nabeela,Nabilah,Nabeela or Nabeelah. The name Nabil has a similar meaning to the English given name Patrick.
Human rights in the State of Palestine refers to the human rights record in the West Bank and Gaza.
Prof. Yair Hirschfeld is an Israeli lecturer at the University of Haifa. Prof. Hirschfeld was a key architect of the Oslo Accords in 1993. He was born in Vienna and has been a strong supporter of the two-state solution,and has urged the Palestinian National Authority and the Israeli government to accept some form of this solution.
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 Palestinian Preventive Security (PPS),also known as Preventive Security Force (PSF),Preventive Security Service (PSS) is one of the security organs of the State of Palestine. It was established in 1994 by president Yasser Arafat in accordance with the Oslo Accords.
Intissar al-Wazir (1941-) is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and a former PNA minister. Her husband was Khalil al-Wazir,a senior figure of the Palestine Liberation Organization who was assassinated by Israel in 1988. She joined the Fatah organization in 1959,becoming the party’s first female member. She has a bachelor's degree in history from Damascus University.
Nabeel Kassis,also transliterated as Nabil Kassis,Nabil Qasis,Nabeel Qassis,etc.,is a Palestinian academic and politician from Ramallah. He was born 1945.
The Arab League 22nd Summit was held in Sirte,in Libya on 27 March 2010.
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.
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is the unicameral legislature of the Palestinian Authority,elected by the Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It currently comprises 132 members,elected from 16 electoral districts of the Palestinian Authority. The PLC has a quorum requirement of two-thirds,and since 2006 Hamas and Hamas-affiliated members have held 74 of the 132 seats in the PLC. The PLC's activities were suspended in 2007 and remained so as of January 2021,while PLC committees continue working at a low rate and parliamentary panel discussions are still occurring.
The Fatah Central Committee is the highest decision-making body of the Palestinian organization and political party,Fatah.
Nabil Ali Muhammad Shaath is a senior Palestinian official.
The Palestinian governments of 2013 were two Palestinian governments established respectively in June and September 2013. They ruled de facto over the West Bank only.
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 Authority Government of April 2003 was a government of the Palestinian National Authority (PA) from 29 April to 6 September 2003. It was headed by Mahmoud Abbas,the first PA Prime Minister. The Prime Minister and his government were approved by the Palestinian Legislative Council on 29 April.
Hasan Abu-Libdeh is a Palestinian statistician and politician,who founded the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 1993. He served in the Palestinian National Authority as Minister of Labour,Social Affairs,and National Economy.
