Palestinian Authority

[pal-uhs-tin-ee-uhn uh-thawr-i-tee, uh-thor-i-tee]

noun

1. a governing body, established in 1994, having partial administrative control over Palestinian areas of the West Bank and also claiming authority over the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian Authority

1. A legal entity, established in 1994, by which Palestinians govern the parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank that are not attached to Israel. Although divided on several issues, the leadership of the Palestinian Authority is committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state, which, it expects, will grow out of the Palestinian Authority. (See Yasir Arafat, Oslo Accord.)

Example Sentences

But a number of Arab and Islamic states, which the United States is courting to provide troops and money for a stabilization force in Gaza, have warned that annexation of the West Bank, led by Hamas's moderate rivals in the Palestinian Authority, was a red line.

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Many Arab governments believe the enclave needs to be overseen by the Palestinian Authority, which governs much of the West Bank, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is strongly opposed to allowing it a role.

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With Hamas in control in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, ruling in part of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinians remained hopelessly divided, enabling Israel to argue that it had no unified leadership to negotiate peace with.

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The money comes from Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority, whose nonstate is now recognized by France, the U.K.,

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Palestinian Media Watch, an Israeli NGO, tracks the Palestinian Authority’s “pay for slay” program.

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