The Palestinian Authority controlled the Gaza Strip prior to the Palestinian elections of 2006 and the subsequent Gaza conflict between the Fatah and Hamas parties, when it lost control to Hamas; the PA continues to claim the Gaza Strip, although Hamas exercises de facto control.
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Since January 2013, the Palestinian Authority has used the name "State of Palestine" on official documents, although the United Nations continues to recognize the Palestinian Liberation Organization as the "representative of the Palestinian people".
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Negotiations with several Israeli governments had resulted in the Palestinian Authority gaining further control of some areas, but control was then lost in some areas when the Israel Defense Forces retook several strategic positions during the Second Intifada.
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The reconciliation process to unite the Palestinian Authority governments achieved some progress over the years, but had failed to produce a re-unification.
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Palestinian Authority received financial assistance from the European Union and the United States.
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The Palestinian Authority is an authoritarian regime that has not held elections in over 15 years; it has been criticized for human rights abuses, including cracking down on journalists, human rights activists, and dissent against its rule.
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Palestinian Authority was created by the Gaza–Jericho Agreement, pursuant to the 1993 Oslo Accords.
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The PA was legally separate from the Palestine Liberation Organization, which continues to enjoy international recognition as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian Authority people, representing them at the United Nations under the name "Palestine".
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Palestinian Authority became responsible for civil administration in some rural areas, as well as security in the major cities of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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Since the Hamas-Fatah split in 2007, the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority based in areas of the West Bank had stabilized, though no significant economic growth had been achieved.
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Palestinian Authority said that the foreign pressures on the Palestinian Authority to not implement the reconciliation terms is the main obstacle in the talks.
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Palestinian Authority Territories refers to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
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Politics of the Palestinian Authority take place within the framework of a semi-presidential multi-party republic, with the Palestinian Legislative Council, an executive President, and a Prime Minister leading a Cabinet.
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In February 2011, the Palestinian Authority announced that parliamentary and presidential elections would be held by September 2011.
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On 10 May 2004, the Palestinian Authority Cabinet announced that municipal elections would take place for the first time.
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Moussa Arafat, head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence and a cousin of the former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has stated that, regarding the United States pressure to arrest the killers; "They know that we are in a very critical position and that clashing with any Palestinian party under the presence of the occupation is an issue that will present many problems for us".
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On 20 July 2004 David Satterfield, the second-in-charge at the United States Department of State Near East desk stated in a hearing before the Senate that the Palestinian Authority had failed to arrest the Palestinian terrorists who had murdered three members of an American diplomatic convoy travelling in the Gaza Strip on 15 October 2003.
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Governorates of the Palestinian Authority were founded in 1995 to replace the 8 Israeli military districts of the Civil Administration: 11 governorates in the West Bank and 5 in the Gaza Strip.
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Representations of foreign states to the Palestinian Authority are performed by "missions" or "offices" in Ramallah and Gaza.
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Palestinian Authority is included in the European Union's European Neighbourhood Policy, which aims at bringing the EU and its neighbours closer.
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Palestinian Authority has said that anyone born in Palestine carrying a birth certificate attesting to that can apply for a PA passport.
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In June 2011, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stated that the Palestinian Authority is facing a financial crisis because funds pledged by donor nations have not arrived on time.
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Still, the Palestinian Authority is seeking the support of other countries to send more money to help fix a budget deficit that is approximately $1.
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The report said that the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to reach fiscal sustainability until a peace deal is achieved that allows the private sector to experience rapid and sustained growth.
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Palestinian Authority leaders stated the Arab world was "continuing to ignore" repeated requests for help.
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In February 2004, it was reported that the European Union anti-fraud office was studying documents suggesting that Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority had diverted tens of millions of dollars in EU funds to organizations involved in terrorist attacks, such as the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
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US House for Foreign Operations announced a foreign assistance package to the Palestinian Authority that included provisions that would bar the government from receiving aid if it seeks statehood at the UN or includes Hamas in a unity government.
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