Palestinian National Authority
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6.4
- proper noun
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Autoridad Nacional Palestina
- Shtayyah later said also that "I don't think Israel is ready for the collapse of the Palestinian National Authority."
- Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
Examples
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In 1993, Japan pledged a donation of U.S. $200 million to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and began direct support for the PNA.
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Last November, I led the first-ever British Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation to the Palestinian National Authority.
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In 2005, Dr. Bargouti ran for the presidency of the Palestinian National Authority and won 19% of the vote.
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The first two of these took place before the end of 1999, and the third occurred in March 2000, bringing the territory under control of the Palestinian National Authority to a combined 42 percent of the West Bank.
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Until the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority, legitimacy in the Palestinian political system has primarily been drawn from the discourse of struggle.
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For these reasons, Palestinian higher education is not building from a blank slate, as is the case for many other institutions being developed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
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Despite numerous Israeli operations against it and clampdowns by Yasser Arafat's Palestinian National Authority, Hamas found it had an effective power of veto over the process by launching suicide attacks.
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In 2005, Dr. Bargouti ran for the presidency of the Palestinian National Authority and won 19% of the vote.
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Mahmoud Abbas was elected President of the Palestinian National Authority.
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While the Palestinian National Authority is the recognized governing body for the Palestinian people, it only controls the West Bank.
Synonyms
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7.5
The body that governs parts of the West Bank and Gaza
A government that manages parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Surface Forms
Morphology
Palestinian + national + authorities
The phrase is directly compositional: 'Palestinian' (relating to the Palestinian people) + 'national' (at the country/national level) + 'authority' (a governing body) yields the straightforward meaning 'the national governing body for Palestinians', so a B1 learner who knows the words will grasp the basic sense. They might not infer specific legal or jurisdictional nuances (limited authority, parts of territory administered) without background knowledge, but the overall referent is transparent from the constituents.
Etymology
Palestinian National Authority was the name made in 1994 for a temporary government set up after the Oslo Accords to 'run' parts of the West Bank and Gaza. The three words show its job: Palestinian means for the Palestinian people, National points to a nation's affairs, and Authority means an official body with power, so the name now means the official body that represents and manages those areas.