Palestinian National Authority | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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Palestinian National Authority


00:03:44 1 History
00:03:53 1.1 Establishment
00:05:43 1.2 Second Intifada
00:08:05 1.3 Hamas–Fatah conflict
00:11:04 1.4 Two administrations (2007–present)
00:16:09 1.5 2013 name change
00:17:11 2 Geography
00:17:49 3 Politics and internal structure
00:21:52 3.1 Officials
00:22:00 3.2 Political parties and elections
00:25:29 4 Law
00:25:38 4.1 Human rights
00:28:14 5 Crime and law enforcement
00:28:23 5.1 Violence against civilians
00:31:05 5.2 Violence against officials (2001–2004)
00:40:32 5.3 Palestinian measures to keep law and order
00:41:43 6 Administrative divisions
00:44:14 7 Foreign relations
00:45:30 7.1 Palestinian Authority passport
00:48:26 7.2 Legal action against PNA
00:49:05 8 Police forces
00:50:01 9 Economy
00:50:55 9.1 Budget
00:56:06 9.2 Corruption
00:58:53 10 International aid
01:00:12 10.1 Economic sanctions following January 2006 legislative elections
01:02:40 10.2 Use of European Union assistance
01:03:25 10.3 US foreign aid packages
01:03:54 10.4 Payments to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons
01:06:10 10.5 James G. Lindsay
01:07:44 11 See also
01:08:01 12 Notes and references
01:08:10 13 Bibliography
01:08:19 14 External links



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The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; Arabic: السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية‎ as-Sulṭa al-Waṭanīya al-Filasṭīnīya) is the interim self-government body established in 1994 following the Gaza–Jericho Agreement to govern the Gaza Strip and Areas A and B of the West Bank, as a consequence of the 1993 Oslo Accords. Following elections in 2006 and the subsequent Gaza conflict between the Fatah and Hamas parties, its authority had extended only in areas A and B of the West Bank. Since January 2013, the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority uses the name "State of Palestine" on official documents.The Palestinian Authority was formed in 1994, pursuant to the Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the government of Israel, as a five-year interim body. Further negotiations were then meant to take place between the two parties regarding its final status.  According to the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority was designated to have exclusive control over both security-related and civilian issues in Palestinian urban areas (referred to as "Area A") and only civilian control over Palestinian rural areas ("Area B"). The remainder of the territories, including Israeli settlements, the Jordan Valley region and bypass roads between Palestinian communities, were to remain under Israeli control ("Area C"). East Jerusalem was excluded from the Accords. Negotiations with several Israeli governments had resulted in the Authority gaining further control of some areas, but control was then lost in some areas when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) retook several strategic positions during the Second ("Al-Aqsa") Intifada. In 2005, after the Second Intifada, Israel withdrew unilaterally from its settlements in the Gaza Strip, thereby expanding Palestinian Authority control to the entire strip while Israel continued to control the crossing points, airspace and the waters off its coast.In the Palestinian legislative elections on 25 January 2006, Hamas emerged victorious and nominated Ismail Haniyeh as the Authority's Prime Minister. However, the national unity Palestinian government effectively collapsed, when a violent conflict between Hamas and Fatah erupted, mainly in the Gaza Strip. After the Gaza Strip was taken over by Hamas on 14 June 2007, the Authority's Chairman Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Hamas-led unity government and appointed Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister, dismissing Haniyeh. The move wasn't recognized by Hamas, thus resulting in two separate administrations – the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and a rival Hamas government in the Gaza Strip. The reconciliation process to unite the Palestinian governments ach ...