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 Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967,namely the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has referred to the West Bank,including East Jerusalem,as "the Occupied Palestinian Territory",and this term was used as the legal definition by the ICJ in its advisory opinion of July 2004. The term occupied Palestinian territory was used by the United Nations and other international organizations between October 1999 and December 2012 to refer to areas controlled by the Palestinian National Authority,but from 2012,when Palestine was admitted as one of its non-member observer states,the United Nations started using exclusively the name State of Palestine. The European Union (EU) also uses the term "occupied Palestinian territory". The government of Israel and its supporters use the label "disputed territories" instead.
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.
The government of Palestine is the government of the Palestinian Authority or State of Palestine. The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (EC) is the highest executive body of the Palestine Liberation Organization and acts as the government. Since June 2007,there have been two separate administrations in Palestine,one in the West Bank and the other in the Gaza Strip. The government on the West Bank was generally recognised as the Palestinian Authority Government. On the other hand,the government in the Gaza Strip claimed to be the legitimate government of the Palestinian Authority. Until June 2014,when the Palestinian Unity Government was formed,the government in the West Bank was the Fatah-dominated Palestinian government of 2013. In the Gaza Strip,the government was the Hamas government of 2012. Following two Fatah–Hamas Agreements in 2014,on 25 September 2014 Hamas agreed to let the PA Government resume control over the Gaza Strip and its border crossings with Egypt and Israel,but that agreement had broken down by June 2015,after President Abbas said the PA government was unable to operate in the Gaza Strip.
Afif Safieh is a Palestinian diplomat. He has served as a Palestinian delegate to the Netherlands (1987-1990),to the United Kingdom (1990-2005),the Holy See,Vatican (1995-2005),and in Washington,D.C. as the head of the PLO mission. He was most recently the Palestinian ambassador to the Russian Federation.
Hani al Hassan,also known as Abu Tariq and Abu-l-Hasan,was a leader of the Fatah organization in Germany and member of the Palestinian Authority Cabinet and the Palestinian National Council.
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).
Issues relating to the State of Palestine and aspects of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict occupy continuous debates,resolutions,and resources at the United Nations. Since its founding in 1948,the United Nations Security Council,as of January 2010,has adopted 79 resolutions directly related to the Arab–Israeli conflict.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the State of Palestine:
Christopher Robert Paul Gunness is the former chief spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). He is currently the Director of the Myanmar Accountability Project.
Political relations between the State of Palestine and the United States have been complex and strained since the 1960s. While the U.S. does not recognize the State of Palestine,it recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the legitimate representative entity for the Palestinian people;following the Oslo Accords,it recognized the Palestinian National Authority as the legitimate Palestinian government of 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.
Legislative elections were held in the Palestinian territories on 25 January 2006 in order to elect the second Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The result was a victory for Hamas,contesting under the list name of Change and Reform,which received 44.45% of the vote and won 74 of the 132 seats,whilst the ruling Fatah received 41.43% of the vote and won 45 seats.
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 November 2023,while PLC committees continue working at a low rate and parliamentary panel discussions are still occurring.
Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi is a Palestinian politician,activist,and scholar.
Jordan–Palestine relations are strong,historical,bilateral relations.
Events in the year 2020 in State of Palestine.
