Palestinian government

The Palestinian Government is the institution that governs the Palestinian territories. The ruling power is split into two separate and competitive administrations. The first is the Palestinian unity government of 2014, which rules the West Bank Area A and in theory also partially Area B, and is generally referred to as the Palestinian Authority (PA). The other is the Hamas government of 2012, which is de facto ruling the Gaza Strip. Although the 2014 unity government formally is a government representing both Fatah and Hamas, the two parties are hostile to each other as reconciliation attempts have failed so far.

The overarching government of the State of Palestine is the PLO Executive Committee, which is supposed to represent all Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories as well as the Palestinians abroad. Hamas, which is the dominant Palestinian party alongside Fatah, however, is not represented in the PLO. Both the Palestinian Authority and the PLO Executive are established under the responsibility of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The PLO Executive has been largely dysfunctional for many years due to continued absence of Palestinian National Council elections.

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Australia urged to pressure Israel to stop 'slaughter' of Palestinians

Anadolu Agency 23 Jan 2025
An Australian rights group urged the government of Prime Minister Antony Albanese to pressure Israel to end its ongoing genocide and apartheid against the Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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Israel's military push in West Bank decried

China Daily 23 Jan 2025
The Palestinian government has condemned Israel's aggression in the occupied West Bank and urged US President Donald Trump to intervene as casualties continue to rise ... of West Bank Palestinians.
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Does Trump want to turn Gaza into Israeli beach front resorts?

The New Arab 23 Jan 2025
"It's a way to demoralise the Palestinian people, to look at the rubble ... For the area to be redeveloped for tourism, he says that would require a stable Palestinian government, though that's assuming it remains Palestinian.
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Hamas' tight grip on Gaza complicates plan for lasting peace

The Daily Herald - St Maarten 23 Jan 2025
The Israeli government did not respond to Reuters' questions ... While senior Hamas officials have expressed support for a unity government, Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority and a longtime adversary of Hamas, has not given his assent.
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Thursday briefing: With a new wave of violence, the West Bank is on edge

AOL 23 Jan 2025
Israeli forces surrounded a Palestinian government hospital and a nearby refugee camp in the heart of Jenin, and the Palestinian Red Crescent said its ambulances had been prevented from reaching many of the dead and wounded.
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West Bank: Jew Terrorists Launch Siege of Hospital and Refugee Camp, by Andrew Anglin

The Unz Review 23 Jan 2025
Israeli forces have besieged a Palestinian government hospital in Jenin and a nearby refugee camp in the heart of the city, as the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said the assault marked “a shift in security strategy” in the West Bank.
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Hold dear Gaza at least even now

Madhyamam 23 Jan 2025
When will reconstruction process start? What will be Israel’s role in it? What will be the governance of Gaza like from now on? What will be the fate of the already stagnant Palestinian Authority? ...
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Is Germany incapable of learning from its past?

The Electronic Intifada 23 Jan 2025
Her interlocutors included Itamar Marcus from Palestinian Media Watch, which has been spreading lies about UNRWA for many years ... Bentele could, therefore, prove influential when future funding to Palestinians is debated at European Union level.
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Netanyahu squeezed between Trump and warmongering allies

Business Day 23 Jan 2025
The stakes for Netanyahu are high — keeping his coalition government on the one hand and on the other, satisfying US President Donald Trump who wants to use the ceasefire momentum to expand Israel’s diplomatic ties in the Middle East.
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Gaza ceasefire traps Netanyahu between Trump and far-right allies

Khaleejtimes 23 Jan 2025
The stakes for Netanyahu are high — keeping his coalition government on the one hand and on the other, satisfying US President Donald Trump who wants to use the ceasefire momentum to expand Israel's diplomatic ties in the Middle East.
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Gaza deal would bring stability to region: PM

Gulf-Times 23 Jan 2025
... engagement in Gaza reconstruction, HE the Prime Minister hoped to see the authority again in Gaza with the formation of a Palestinian government that addresses the issues facing the Palestinians.
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There Will Be No ‘Trump Effect’ When It Comes to U.S. Policy Toward Palestine

Scheerpost 23 Jan 2025
Indeed, Hamas remains a defiant and powerful force in Gaza, and, while they may be willing to cede governance of the Strip to other Palestinian groups, they will still be in position to veto any new regime, by force or merely by defiance.
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Mossad, Shin Bet chiefs in Cairo to discuss second phase of Gaza deal

Middle East Monitor 23 Jan 2025
It also stated that “plans regarding governance in Gaza after Hamas and the future of the territory have been under preparation for months in coordination ....
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Hundreds of Palestinian civilians forced to flee under fire amid Israeli assault on Jenin

Anadolu Agency 23 Jan 2025
Hundreds of Palestinians were forcibly displaced by the Israeli army from the Jenin refugee camp amid a military operation in the northern West Bank city, according to residents on Thursday.
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National Briefs

The American Israelite 23 Jan 2025
“Hamas is not going to continue as a military entity and it certainly is not going to govern Gaza,” Waltz stressed ... (JNS) — Granting the Palestinians statehood in the wake of the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct.

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