Palestinian Authority

American  

[pal-uhs-tin-ee-uhn uh-thawr-i-tee, uh-thor-i-tee] / ˌpæl əsˈtɪn i ən əˌθɔr ɪ ti, əˌθɒr ɪ ti /

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.

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Palestinian Authority Cultural  

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.)

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Example Sentences

A former Palestinian Authority intelligence chief on Tuesday publicly accused the Palestinian leadership of allowing systemic corruption to flourish within its institutions, in a rare appeal addressed directly to president Mahmud Abbas.

From Barron's

Areas A and B were pockets of land over which the Palestinian Authority was given civil control.

From BBC

That committee is made up of supposedly technocratic, apolitical Palestinians, led by Dr Ali Shaath, a civil engineer by training who's held ministerial positions in the Palestinian Authority.

From BBC

Gaza native and former Palestinian Authority deputy minister Ali Shaath was earlier tapped to head the governing committee.

From Barron's

Egypt, Turkey, the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as the West Bank-based, Palestinian Authority, have all been suggested as potential countries that would make up this force.

From BBC