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Palestinian Authority Government of 1996—formed following the first general elections held on 20 January 1996. It was headed by Chairman of the PLO Yasser Arafat, and functioned until 29 April 2003. Palestinian government of October 2002 (PNA) Palestinian government of November 2003 (PNA) Palestinian government of March 2006 (PNA)
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestinian National Authority السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية as-Sulṭa al-Waṭanīya al-Filasṭīnīya Flag Coat of arms Anthem: فدائي (Fidāʾī ; "My Sacrifice") The Palestinian Authority (current de facto control in red) was created to exert partial civil control in ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Coat of arms of the PNA The politics of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) take place within the framework of a semi-presidential multi-party republic, with a legislative council, an executive president, and a prime minister leading the cabinet. Political developments since 1993 In 1994 ...
Islamic customary law applies in Palestinian ruled territory: Alongside every formal legal system in Palestinian history, there existed a system of customary law known as "Urf", which means “that which is known” in Arabic. This was a system of rules outside the court system, which handles disputes based on traditional oral customs. —
The Palestinian Authority's prime minister announced his government's resignation on Monday, seen as the first step in a reform process urged by the United States as part of its latest ambitious ...
The PA was set up in the mid-1990s as an interim government pending Palestinian independence after the Palestine Liberation Organization signed the Oslo Accords with Israel.
Jewish leaders in Palestine declared an independent state known as Israel hours before British rule ended. Israel was recognised by the UN the following year. What was the 1948 Arab-Israeli war?
In the months before the British departure from Palestine, the 1922 Order in Council was supplemented by the Palestine Order in Council, 1948, which gave the High Commissioner power to "by Order make such provision as appears to him in his sole discretion to be expedient for the Government of Palestine until the withdrawal of His Majesty from ...