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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 749 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 389 entities identified as PEPs connected with the Palestinian territories.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of Morocco to Palestine-11
ambassador of Palestine--1
ambassador of Palestine to Brazil-22
ambassador of Palestine to Japan--1
Palestinian Ambassador to Ecuador-11
Palestinian Ambassador to Peru-11
Palestinian Ambassador to Uruguay-11

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
member of the Palestinian Legislative Council-2810
member of Fatah Revolutionary Council-69
Member of the Palestinian National Council-38
Minister of Local Government-81
Minister of Public Works and Housing-81
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities-42
ministre des Affaires de Jérusalem-51
ministre du développement social-42
délégué général de Palestine en France-41
Prosecutor General (Palestine)-23
Prime Minister of the State of Palestine-31
Minister of Information Palestine-3-
Minister of Youth and Sports-3-
Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization-21
Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Palestine-11
Foreign Minister of State of Palestine-11
Governor of Nablus Governorate-11
Governor of Qalqilya Governorate-11
Governor of Salfit Governorate-11
Governor of Tubas Governorate-11
Governor of Tulkarm Governorate-11
member of the Palestine Central Council--2
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine-11
President of the Palestinian National Council-11
Governor of Deir al-Balah Governorate-1-
Governor of Gaza Governorate-1-
Governor of Rafah Governorate-1-
Governor of Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate--1
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine1--
President of the State of Palestine1--
president of the State of Palestine--1
Prime Minister, Minister for the Interior and Minister for Waqf of the State of Palestine1--

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...