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State of Palestine

The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, namely: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The International Court of Justice has referred to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as "the Occupied Palestinian Territory", and this term was used as the legal definition by the ICJ in its advisory opinion of July 2004.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 944 entities connected with the Palestinian territories. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We include 1 data source published by authorities or organizations based in the Palestinian territories. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

NamePublisherUpdatesEntities
Palestine Monetary Authority Local Freezing ListPMA daily5

Sanctions programs/policies targeting the Palestinian territories

We include 1 program targeting entities located in the Palestinian territories.

IDTitleIssuerTarget countries
[US-NS-PLC]Palestinian Legislative CouncilOFAC United StatesPalestine  

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 506 entities identified as PEPs connected with the Palestinian territories.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President of the State of Palestine1-1
Prime Minister of the State of Palestine-31
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Counselor to the President of the State of Palestine--1
Foreign Minister of State of Palestine-11
Minister of Finance at the Palestinian Authority-31
Minister of Information Palestine-3-
Minister of Local Government-81
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation--1
Minister of Public Works and Housing-81
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities-42
Minister of Youth and Sports-3-
ministre de l'Éducation de l'État de Palestine-21
Palestinian Health Minister-21
Planning Minister of the Palestinian National Authority-1-
Q106522363-51
Q117225180-8-
Q117225214-82
Q117225225-82
Q117225233-41
Q87278953-21
Q87401933-61
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Palestine-11
Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of the State of Palestine--1
President of the Palestinian Supreme Judicial Council-61
National securityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
General Director of the Palestinian Police-23
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority-11
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassadeur d'Arabie saoudite en Palestine--1
ambassadeur d'Irak en Palestine-11
ambassadeur d'Irlande en Palestine-1-
ambassadeur d'Islande en Palestine-1-
ambassadeur de Jordanie en Palestine-21
ambassadeur de la république populaire de Chine en Palestine--1
ambassadeur de Palestine en Colombie-11
ambassadeur du Canada en Palestine-21
ambassadeur du Chili en Palestine-21
ambassadeur du Koweït en Palestine-11
ambassador of Austria to Palestine--1
ambassador of Azerbaijan to Palestine--1
ambassador of Egypt to Palestine-3-
ambassador of Morocco to Palestine-11
ambassador of Palestine--2
ambassador of Palestine to Brazil-22
ambassador of Palestine to Japan--1
ambassador of the Maldives to Palestine--1
Botschafter der EU in Palästina-11
délégué général de Palestine en France-41
Liste der palästinensischen Botschafter in Indien-21
Palestinian Ambassador to Ecuador-11
Palestinian Ambassador to Peru-11
Palestinian Ambassador to Uruguay-11
Q100723462-11
Q100723464-21
Q100723466--2
Q100997852-21
Q100997863-21
Q100997864-11
Q100997865-1-
Q100997867-2-
Q101072444-3-
Q101094728-42
Q101960249-21
Q107625998--1
Q120777591-11
Q125213811--1
Q125953276-11
Q130309648--1
Representative of Germany at the Palestinian Authority-21
Representative of Poland to Palestine-41
représentant permanent de Palestine à la Ligue arabe-61
The British Consul General to Jerusalem-4-
The United States Consul General to Jerusalem-6-

Subnational government positions

Number of known occupants
Subnational head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Head of the Government Administrative Committee in Gaza Strip-11
Subnational executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Mayor of Gaza City--2
Q96677747-11
Q97328243-11

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Q125778273-147
member of the Palestinian Legislative Council--11
Chairman of the Palestinian Energy Authority-21
ministre du développement social-12
Prosecutor General (Palestine)--3
Q130295964-21
Member of the Council of Endowments, Islamic Affairs, and Holy Sites in Jerusalem-2-
President of Prisoners and Prisoners Affairs-11
President of the Palestinian Union of Local Authorities-11
Q125502313-11
Q125548810-11
Spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority-2-
member of Central Committee of Fatah--1
President of the Palestinian Central Council--1
Q117819914-1-

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...