Palestinian National Authority

n. Palestinian Authority, political leadership of the autonomous Palestinian areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA; As-Sulta Al-Wataniyya Al-Filastīniyya) is an interim administrative organization that governs parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.The Palestinian National Authority was established in 1994, pursuant to the Oslo Accords between the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the government of Israel, as a 5-year transitional body during which final status negotiations between the two parties were to take place. According to the Accords, the Palestinian Authority was designated to have control over both security-related and civilian issues in Palestinian urban areas (referred to as "Area A"), and only civilian control over Palestinian rural areas ("Area B"). The remainder of the territories, including Israeli settlements, the Jordan Valley region, and bypass roads between Palestinian communities were to remain under exclusive Israeli control ("Area C"). East Jerusalem was excluded from the Accords.
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Noun
1. combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
(synonym) Palestine National Authority, Palestine Authority
(hypernym) political unit