Palestinian National Authority
- 22 Sep
1948 - 1959 All-Palestine Government
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Adopted
1 Dec 1964 by PLO as Flag of
Palestine |
Adopted 17 Feb
2006 |
Palestinian
Authority Map
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National Anthem
"Fida'i" (Revolutionary)
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Text
of National Anthem
Adopted 1972
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Palestinian
National Charter
(17 Jul 1968)
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Headquarters:
Ramallah
Seat of Legislature:
Gaza City
(declared capital: East
Jerusalem)
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Currencies:
Jordanian Dinar
(JOD); New Israeli
Shekel
(ILS)
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National
Holiday: 15 Nov (1988)
Independence Day
(National Day) |
Population:
West Bank: 2,676,740 (2013)¹
Gaza Strip: 1,763,387 (2013)² |
GDP: $8.02
billion (2011)
(includes Gaza Strip)
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Exports:
$666.1 million (2010)
(includes Gaza Strip)
Imports: $5.47
billion (2011)
(includes Gaza Strip)
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Ethnic groups:
Gaza Strip: Palestinian
Arab and others 99.4%;
West Bank: Palestinian
Arab and other 83%,
Jewish 17%
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Total Police
and Security Forces (West Bank):
56,000 (2010)
UNTSO force: 153 (2013)
Merchant marine:
None (2010)
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Religions:
Gaza Strip: Muslim (predominantly
Sunni)
99.3%, Christian 0.7%;
West Bank: Muslim 75%
(predominantly Sunni),
Jewish 17%, Christian
and other 8%
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International
Organizations/Treaties
PLO/Palestine: ABEDA, AFESD, AL, AMF,
Arabsat, AU (observer), CAEU, CICA,
G-77, GAFTA, IAEA (observer), ICAO
(observer), ICC, ICCt (observer), ICRM,
IDB, IFRCS, ILO (observer), IOC, IPU, ISESCO,
ISO (correspondent), ITU (observer),
ITUC, NAM, OIC, PAM, UN (observer),
UNCLOS (observer), UNCTAD (observer),
UNESCO, UNIDO (observer), UPU
(observer), UNRWA (observer), UNWTO
(observer), WFTU, WHO (observer), WIPO
(observer), WMO (observer) |
Palestinian
National
Authority
Index
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Chronology
23 Aug
1516
Palestine part of the Ottoman Empire.
26 Sep
1918
British occupation (Palestine).
14 Jul
1922
Palestine League of Nations mandate
under
Britain (see Israel).
29 Nov
1947
United
Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
approves
the creation of independent Arab and
Jewish states.
14 May
1948 Following
the establishment of Israel in most of
historic Palestine
and a subsequent Arab-Israeli
war, the remaining
territory is taken over by
Jordan (which
annexes the West Bank) and Egypt
(which administers
the Gaza Strip).
22 Sep
1948 - 1959
All-Palestine Government formed;
recognized
15 Oct 1948 only by Egypt, Lebanon,
Saudi
Arabia and Syria; dissolved
by Egypt in 1959.
1 Oct 1948
All-Palestine Government
declares Palestine
independent with
capital at Jerusalem.
24
Apr
1950
Jordan annexes the West Bank and East
Jerusalem
(occupied since May 1948).
2
Nov 1956 - 7 Mar 1957 Gaza
Strip and Sinai Peninsula occupied
by Israel.
10 Mar
1957 -
1957
Gaza Strip under interim UN
administration
(United Nations Emergency Forces
[UNEF]).
6/12 Jun
1967
West Bank (Jordan)
and Gaza Strip (Egypt)
occupied by Israel.
25 Sep
1969
Organization of the Islamic Conference
admits
Palestine, represented by the PLO.
10 Nov
1975
Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO) granted
permanent observer status in the
United Nations.
9
Sep
1976
Palestine Liberation Organization
admitted as
a member of Arab League.
31 Jul
1988
Jordan abandons claims to West Bank.
15 Nov
1988
Palestine Liberation Organization
proclaims the
State of Palestine
in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip (remains
ineffective, but receives wide
diplomatic
recognition).
4
May
1994
Palestinian Authority created to
administer most
of Gaza Strip and parts of West Bank
(Jericho
area handed over 13 May 1994, Gaza
Strip 18 May
1994, Jenin 13 Nov 1995, Tulkarem 10
Dec 1995,
Nablus 11 Dec 1995, Qalqiliya 16 Dec
1995,
Bethlehem 21 Dec 1995, Ramallah 27 Dec
1995,
80% of Hebron 17 Jan 1997).
12 Mar
2002 - 23 Mar 2002 Israeli
forces occupy Palestinian
Authority
areas.
29 Mar
2002 - 10 May 2002 Israeli
forces occupy Palestinian Authority
areas.
12 Sep
2005
Israel withdraws settlements from the
Gaza Strip.
14 Jun 2007 -
Hamas forces seize
control of the Gaza Strip.
29 Nov 2012
Palestine granted
non-member observer state
status
in the United
Nations.
6 Jan 2013
Palestinian
Authority renamed State of
Palestine
(move is not recognized by
Israel).
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East
Jerusalem
Mayors
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State of Palestine
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Gaza
Strip
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West Bank
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UNEF
(1956-1967)
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Diplomatic
Recognition List
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Map
of 1947
UN Partition Plan
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Map
of Palestinian
Refugee
Camp |
Map
of Old Israeli
Settlements
in
Gaza
Strip |
Map
of Israeli
Settlements
in
West
Bank |
Map
of East
Jerusalem
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Map
of Israeli
Land
Restrictions
in
West Bank
and
Gaza Strip
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Note: The Palestinian National
Authority (PNA) is an autonomous national entity
comprising the territories of Gaza (formerly under
Egyptian sovereignty) and West Bank (formerly under
Jordan sovereignty), which were occupied by the Israeli
Defense Forces in Jun 1967. As provided by the
Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles signed on 13 Sep
1993 and upon the Agreement signed on 4 May 1994, the
PNA was inaugurated on 5 Jul 1994 as a transitional
status including Palestinian interim self-governing and
a phased transfer of powers and territories (towns and
areas of the West Bank). Negotiations on the permanent
status, which could end in a Palestinian State, are
under way.
Chairmen of the Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO) Executive Committee
10 Jun 1964 - 24 Dec 1967 Ahmad
ash-Shukeiri
(b. 1907 - d. 1980)
24 Dec 1967 - 2 Feb 1969 Yahya
Hammuda
(b. 1908 - d. 2006)
2 Feb 1969 - 11 Nov 2004
Yasser
Arafat
(s.a.)
Fatah
(Abd ar-Rahman Abd ar-Rauf al-Qudwah al-Husayni)
(in exile in Jordan to Apr 1971; Lebanon 1971 -
Dec 1982; and Tunis Dec 1982 - May 1994)
29 Oct 2004
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Mahmoud Ridha
Abbas
(s.a.)
Fatah
(acting [for Arafat] to 11 Nov 2004)
President of the Supreme Council
22 Sep 1948 - 1955
Haji Muhammad
Amin al-Husseini (b. 1896 - d.
1974)
(in Cairo, Egypt)
Presidents of the Palestinian Authority
5 Jul 1994 - 11 Nov 2004
Yasser Arafat ("Abu
Ammar") (b.
1929 - d. 2004) Fatah/PLO
(Israeli detainee in Ramallah 29 Mar - 1 May 2002,
5-6 Jun 2002, 20-29 Sep 2002, Jan 2003 - 29 Oct 2004)
29 Oct 2004 - 11 Nov 2004 Ahmed Qureia
("Abu
Ala")
(b.
1937)
Fatah/PLO
(acting for Arafat)
11 Nov 2004 - 15 Jan 2005 Rauhi Fattouh
(acting)
(b.
1953)
PLO
15 Jan 2005
-
Mahmoud Ridha Abbas ("Abu Mazen") (b.
1935)
Fatah/PLO
Prime ministers
1 Oct 1948 - 1959
Ahmad Abdul
Baqi Hilmi
(b. 1878 - d. 1963)
(in Gaza; from Nov 1948 in Cairo, Egypt)
30 Apr 2003 - 7 Oct
2003 Mahmoud Ridha
Abbas
(s.a.)
Fatah/PLO
(designated on 19 Mar 2003)
7 Oct 2003 - 15 Dec
2005 Ahmed Qureia (1st
time)
(s.a.)
Fatah/PLO
15 Dec 2005 - 24 Dec
2005 Nabil Shaath
(acting)
(b.
1938)
Fatah/PLO
24 Dec 2005 - 29 Mar
2006 Ahmed Qureia (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Fatah/PLO
29 Mar 2006 - 14 Jun 2007
Ismail
Haniya
(b.
1963)
Hamas
(from 15 Jun 2007, in rebellion in Gaza
Strip)
17 Jun 2007 - 6 Jun 2013
Salam Fayyad
(b. 1952)
TWP
6 Jun 2013 -
Rami Hamdallah
(b. 1958)
Fatah
State of Palestine
Presidents
2 Apr 1989 - 11 Nov 2004 Yasir
Arafat
(s.a.)
8 May 2005
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Mahmoud
Abbas
(s.a.)
(acting to 23 Nov 2008)
Coordinators of Government Activities in the
Territories (Israeli military
administrators)
Aug 1967 - Apr 1974
Shlomo Gazit
(b. 1926)
Apr 1974 - Feb 1976
Rafael
Vardi
(b. 1922)
Feb 1976 - Feb 1979
Avraham Orli
(b. 1930 - d.
1981)
Feb 1979 - Jan 1982
Danny Matt
(b. 1927 - d.
2013)
Jan 1982 - Aug 1983
Rehavia Vardi
(b. 1923 - d. 2006)
Aug 1983 - Apr 1984
Binyamin
Ben-Eliezer
(b. 1936)
Apr 1984 - Feb 1991
Shmuel Goren
Feb 1991 - Feb 1995
Danny Rothschild
(b. 1946)
Feb 1995 - Feb 1997
Oren Shachor
(b. 1946)
Feb 1997 - Jul 2001
Yaakov Or
(b. 1946)
Jul 2001 - Jul 2003
Amos Gilad (1st time)
(b. 1951)
Jul 2003 - Sep 2008
Yosef Mishlav
(b. 1952)
Sep 2008 - 6 Dec 2009
Amos Gilad (2nd time)
(s.a.)
6 Dec 2009
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Eitan Dangot
Gaza Strip
Egyptian Military Vice-governors (from 1952,
Governors-general) of Gaza Strip
27 May 1948 - 19..
Mustafa al-Sawaf
19.. - 19..
Mohamed Rashad Danesh
c.1953 - c.1955
Abdullah Rifat
19.. - 2 Nov
1956
Fuad al-Dijani
(Israeli prisoner from 2 Nov 1956)
2 Nov 1956 - Mar
1957 Matti Peled
(b. 1923 - d. 1995)
(Israeli military governor)
Mar 1957 - 19..
Mohamed Hassan Abd
el-Latif
c.1959 - 1961
Ahmed Salem
1961 - 30 Apr 1966
Yousef Abdullah al-Agrudi
30 Apr 1966 - 6 Jun 1967 Mohammed
Abdul Moneim Huseini
Israeli Military Governors of Gaza Strip
(commanders of Israeli Southern Command; also
military governors of the Sinai 1967-1982)
6 Jun 1967 - 1969
Yeshayahu
Gavish
(b. 1925)
1969 - 15 Jul 1973
Ariel Sharon
(b. 1928 - d. 2014)
15 Jul 1973 - 1973
Shmuel Gonen
(b. 1930 - d. 1991)
1973
Chaim Bar-Lev
(b. 1924 - d. 1994)
8 Nov 1973 - 14 Jan 1974 Israel Tal
(b. 1924 - d. 2010)
1974
Avraham Adan
(b. 1926)
Jul 1974 - Mar 1976
Yekutiel Adam
(b. 1927 - d. 1982)
Mar 1976 - 1978
Herzl
Shapir
(b. 1929)
1978 - 1982
Dan Shomron
(b. 1937 - d. 2008)
1982 - 1983
Chaim
Erez
(b. 1935)
1983 - Mar 1986
Moshe Bar-Kochba
(b.
1930 - d. 1992)
1986
Uri Sagi
(b. 1943)
1986 - 1989
Yitzhak Mordechai
(b.
1944)
1989 - 1994
Matan Vilnai
(b. 1944)
1994 - 1996
Shaul Mofaz
(b. 1948)
1996 - Aug 1997
Shlomo
Yanai
(b. 1952)
Sep 1997 - 2000
Yom-Tov
Samia
(b. 1954)
2000 - 2003
Doron Almog
(b. 1951)
2003 - 12 Sep 2005
Dan Harel
(b. 1955)
West Bank
Jordanian Military Governors of West Bank
12 May 1948 - 1949
Masri Hikmat
(b. 1906 - d. 1994)
Sep 1949 - 1950
Raghib al-Nashashibi
(b. 1881
- d. 1951)
(governor-general of Arab Palestine)
Israeli Military Governors of West
Bank (Judea and Samaria)
(commanders of Israeli Central Command)
Jun 1967 - Jul 1968 Uzi
Narkis
(b. 1925 - d. 1997)
Jul 1968 - 1973
Rehavam Ze'evi
(b. 1926 - d. 2001)
Sep 1973 - 1977
Yona Efrat
(b. 1926 - d. 1993)
1977 - 1978
Moshe Levi
(b. 1936 - d. 2008)
1978 -
1981
Binyamin
Ben-Eliezer
(b. 1936)
1981 - 1983
Uri Or
(b. 1939)
1983 - 1986
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
(b. 1944 - d. 2012)
Jan 1986 - 1987
Ehud Barak
(b. 1942)
1987 - 1989
Amram Mitzna
(b. 1945)
1989 - 1991
Yitzhak Mordechai
(b. 1944)
1991 - 1993
Danny Yatom (1st time)
(b. 1945)
1993 - 12 Jan 1994
Nehemiah Tamari
(b. 1946 - d. 1994)
Jan 1994 - Apr 1994 Danny Yatom
(2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
Apr 1994 - 1996
Ilan Birn
(b. 1946)
1996 - 1998
Uzi Dayan
(b.
1948)
1998 - 2000
Moshe Ya'alon
(b. 1950)
Jul 2000 - 2002
Yitzhak Eitan
(b. 1952)
Aug 2002 - 2004
Moshe Kaplinsky
(b. 1957)
2004 - 2007
Yair Naveh
(b. 1957)
31 May 2007 - 2009 Gadi
Shamni
(b. 1959)
Oct 2009 - Mar 2012
Avi Mizrahi
(b. 1957)
Mar 2012 -
Nitzan
Alon
(b. 1965)
UNEF
Commanders of the United Nations Emergency Force
(UNEF)
(first in Suez Canal sector and Sinai
Peninsula; later along Armistice
Demarcation Line in Gaza area and
international frontier in Sinai
peninsula on the Egyptian side)
Nov 1956 - Dec
1959 E.L.M.
Burns (Canada)
(b. 1897 - d. 1985)
(from 10 Mar 1957 in Gaza)
Dec 1959 - Jan
1964 Prem
Singh Gyani (India)
(b. 1910 - d. ....)
Jan 1964 - 12 Sep
1964 Carlos Flores de Paiva
Chaves (b. 1901 - d. 1966)
(Brazil)
12 Sep 1964 - Feb
1965 Lazar Musicki (Yugoslavia)
(acting)
Feb 1965 - Jan
1966 Syseno
Sarmento (Brazil)
Jan 1966 - 17 Jun
1967 Indar Jit Rikhye (India)
(b. 1920 - d.
2007)
¹Approximately
341,400 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2012);
approximately 196,400 Israeli settlers live in East
Jerusalem (2011).
²until Aug 2005 there were more than
6,959 (2001) Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip.
Territorial Disputes: Israel
along with U.S. and several other states protest the
Arab League and 134 nations' recognition of Palestine's
declaration of independence of 15 Nov 1988;
West Bank is Israeli-occupied with current status
subject to the Israeli - Palestinian Interim Agreement -
permanent status to be determined through further
negotiation; Israel continues construction of a "seam
line" separation barrier along parts of the Green Line
and within the West Bank; Israel withdrew from four
settlements in the northern West Bank in Aug 2005; the
status of the Gaza Strip is a final status issue to be
resolved through negotiations; Israel removed settlers
and military personnel from Gaza Strip in Aug 2005;
since 1948, peacekeepers from the UN Truce Supervision
Organization (UNTSO), headquartered in Jerusalem,
monitor ceasefires, supervise armistice agreements,
prevent isolated incidents from escalating, and assist
other UN personnel in the region.
Party abbreviations: Fatah
= Harakat al-Tahrar al-Filistini (Liberation Movement of
Palestine, Palestinian nationalist, social-democratic,
secular, est.1965); Hamas =
Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Islamic Resistance
Movement, islamic fundamentalist, est.1987); PLO
= Munazzamat at-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah (Palestinian
Liberation Organization, umbrella group for Palestinian
liberation movements, includes Fatah, est.1964); TWP
= al-Tariq al-Thalith (The Third Way, centrist,
est.2005)
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