Palestinian National Authority

noun

1. PNA. the authority formed in 1994 to govern the Palestinian Administered Territories: it controls policy on health, education, social welfare, direct taxation, tourism, and culture and manages elections to the Palestinian Council

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Meanwhile, the Palestinian national movement remains divided and dysfunctional, giving Palestinians an unpalatable choice between Hamas and the aging president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.

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Aid from being used by the Palestinian National Authority, also known as the State of Palestine, to fund their nation’s Martyrs’ Fund, which provides payments and stipends to families of terrorists.

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Israel and the Palestinian National Authority have ramped up vaccination efforts in response, and the virus hasn’t been detected in sewage there since March.

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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Tuesday announced that the Palestinian National Authority and Israel are both prepared to strike an agreement to resume diplomatic relations after months of split ties.

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By April 2020, revenues collected by the Palestinian National Authority from trade, tourism and transfers had declined to their lowest levels in 20 years, it said.

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