Home > History > Asia and Africa > Middle Eastern History
Hide all research tools Print this article Link to this article
Link to this article

CloseClose

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Palestinian_Authority.aspx" title="Facts and informations about Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a>

Add this article to Del.icio.usShare this article on FacebookBookmark this article on FurlShare this article on Ma.gnoliaSubmit this article to RedditGive this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon
Show all research tools

Research topic: Palestinian Authority

Related pictures

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Rate these pictures

Palestinian Authority

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Palestinian Authority (PA) or Palestinian National Authority, interim self-government body responsible for areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Palestinian control. The PA was authorized by the Oslo Accords (1993) and subsequent Palestinian agreements with Israel, and was established in 1994. As now constituted the PA includes a president, prime minister and cabinet, a legislative council, and security forces. In 1994 Yasir Arafat , the leader of Al Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization , which was a party to the Oslo Accords, appointed an interim 19-member... Read more
Palestinian Authority, Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Palestinian Authority, Intelligence and Security The...factions. In the 1990s, Israel and the Palestinian Authority began a series of peace talks...beginning of the second Intifadah. The Palestinian Authority, and its military and intelligence... Read more
Palestinian National Authority
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Palestinian National Authority (PNA) The government of the...West Bank handed over to Palestinian rule in response to the accords...significant factor in the Palestinian economy, as it employed around...economic problems of the Palestinian territories, as Palestinians... Read more

Facts and information from other sites



Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Profile: Troubled state of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority
Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 12/29/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...state of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority Host: SUSAN STAMBERG Time...East, Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian Authority are facing their worst political...control of a new entity, the Palestinian Authority. Mr. YASSER ARAFAT: I am... Read more
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY IS PRESSED
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/23/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...straight day yesterday, while Palestinian Authority troops avoided the fray...intense. A breakdown of Palestinian Authority control - as a result of...continue" and challenging the Palestinian Authority's orders. "We are surprised... Read more
Palestinian Authority fish tale
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/10/2002; ; 700+ words ; Michael Kelly Palestinian Authority fish tale By MICHAEL KELLY...officer in Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority navy, was asleep in his bunk...undeniable" proof that the Palestinian Authority was responsible for the smuggling... Read more
Palestinian Authority Broke and In Disarray; Collapse Is 'Real Possibility'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...uprising against Israel, the Palestinian Authority is broke, politically fractured...The turmoil within the Palestinian Authority is fueling concern that...already competing with the Palestinian Authority for power. None of the analysts... Read more
Palestinian Authority 'in danger of collapse'
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 7/14/2004; ; 614 words ; ...envoy on Tuesday said the Palestinian Authority has made no progress toward...U.N. envoy's view of the Palestinian Authority's weakness raised an "alarm...picture of lawlessness in the Palestinian Authority, its failure to institute... Read more
Palestinian Authority Granted New Trial in Terrorism Damages Suit
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/28/2008; ; 512 words ; The Palestinian Authority won a major legal victory when...previous legal victory only if the Palestinian Authority put up a $192.7 million bond...Palestinian officials, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, had... Read more
PALESTINIAN RANKS SPLIT BY SLAYING TURMOIL THREATENS AUTHORITY'S STATU
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/14/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...and to the death of the Palestinian Authority. Many leaders of the two...the assassination of a top Palestinian Authority police official last week...an open challenge to the Palestinian Authority." Dahlan said the Authority... Read more
Analysis: Vanishing importance of the Palestinian Authority
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 2/25/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Vanishing importance of the Palestinian Authority Host: BOB EDWARDS Time...built in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority has been limited to protests...support for speeches by Palestinian Authority leaders. But a number of... Read more
Israel Cuts Contact to Palestinian Authority
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/15/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...suspended contacts with the Palestinian Authority on Friday over a deadly...sworn in Saturday as the new Palestinian Authority president, of not doing...officials also accused the Palestinian Authority, which governs the West... Read more
Analysis: Rising discontent with Palestinian Authority's past performance could pose problems for new Israeli government
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 11/16/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Rising discontent with Palestinian Authority's past performance could...bombed-out headquarters of Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat in...is corruption inside the Palestinian Authority, or PA, which Arafat heads... Read more

Related research topics

Edit this list

Online videos

A Prank Call To The Palestinian Authority
Add/Rate Videos

Free newspaper and magazine articles

Free Article The president's news conference with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority.(Week Ending Friday, October 21, 2005)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 10/24/2005
Free Article U.S. clergy urge end to Palestinian rights abuse.(US urged to ask Israel and Palestinian authority to abide by human rights laws)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 2/24/1999
Free Article ISRAEL: HIGH RANKING OFFICER: "THE REFORMS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - A DECEPTION.".
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 1/16/2002

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: