Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority

▪ Palestinian government
formally  Palestinian National Authority , Arabic  al-Sulṭah al-Waṭanīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah  

      governing body of the emerging Palestinian autonomous regions of the West Bank and Gaza Strip established in 1994 as part of the peace agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

      Following years of hostility, secret meetings held in Norway in 1993 between the PLO and Israel led to the signing of the historic Declaration of Principles (the Oslo Accords), in which the two sides agreed to mutual recognition and terms whereby governing functions in the West Bank and Gaza—occupied by Israel since the Arab-Israeli war of 1967—would be progressively handed over to a Palestinian council. During that time—in what generally came to be known as the Oslo process—Israel and the Palestinians were to negotiate a permanent peace treaty to settle on the final status of these territories. The agreements between the sides called for the PA to take control over most population areas in the occupied territories. Security for those areas would rest with the Palestinian police, although Israelis would be guaranteed freedom of movement. Several militant Islamic groups, particularly Ḥamās, denounced the peace agreement.

      The first Israeli withdrawals took place in 1994. That same year the PA assumed control of many civil functions. Elections were held in PA-administered areas in 1996 for the presidency and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). PLO chairman Yāsir ʿArafāt (Arafāt, Yāsirʿ) was elected president easily, and his Fatah party gained a majority of seats within the PLC. In 2003 the post of prime minister was established, and Mahmoud Abbas (Abbas, Mahmoud) became the first person to occupy the office. ʿArafāt remained president until his death in 2004; he was succeeded as both chairman of the PLO and as president of the PA by Abbas. During a summit in early 2005, Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (Sharon, Ariel) agreed to suspend hostilities, ostensibly ending the Aqṣā intifāḍah, a violent Palestinian uprising that had begun in 2000. In September 2005 Israel completed its troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and the PA assumed control of the territory. Elections for the PLC were held in 2006, and Ḥamās won a surprise victory over Fatah. Ḥamās and Fatah eventually formed a coalition government, but violence between their forces escalated in the Gaza Strip, leading Abbas to dissolve the Ḥamās-led government and declare a state of emergency in June 2007.

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