List of political parties in the State of Palestine
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The following political parties, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority in the Palestinian territories:
Brief history and overview[]
In 1994, The Palestinian Authority was formed, the governing body for the interim period pending final status negotiations. The President of the State of Palestine is the highest-ranking political position, the equivalent to head of state, in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The President is elected by popular elections. The Palestinian Legislative Council is the legislature of the Palestinian Authority. It is not to be confused with the Palestine National Council, which remains the national legislature of the Palestinian people as a whole. The PLC passed a new law in June 2005 increasing the number of MPs from 88 to 132, stipulating that half be elected under a system of proportional representation and half by traditional constituencies.
Legislative Council members[]
| Party | Abbr. | Flag | Founded | Leader | Political position |
Legislative Council | ||
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| Islamic Resistance Movement حركة المقاومة الإسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah |
Hamas حماس |
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1987 | Ismail Haniyeh | 
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Far-Right | 74 / 132
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| Palestinian National Liberation Movement حركة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني Ḥarakat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭanī al-Filasṭīnī |
Fatah فتح |
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1965 | Mahmoud Abbas | 
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Centre-left to left-wing |
45 / 132
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| Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn |
PFLP | 
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1967 | Ahmad Sa'adat | Far-left | 3 / 132
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| Third Way الطريق الثالث aṭ-Ṭarīq ath-Thālith |
2005 | Salam Fayyad | 
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Centre | 2 / 132
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| Palestinian National Initiative المبادرة الوطنية الفلسطينية al-Mubādara al-Waṭaniyya al-Filasṭīniyya |
PNI | 2002 | Mustafa Barghouti | 
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Centre-left to left-wing |
2 / 132
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| Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين al-Jabhah al-Dīmuqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn |
DFLP | 
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1968 | Nayef Hawatmeh | 
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Far-left | 1 / 132
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| Palestinian People's Party حزب الشعب الفلسطيني Ḥizb al-Sha'b al-Filasṭīnī |
PPP | 1982 | Bassam as-Salhi | Left-wing to far-left | 1 / 132
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| Independent | N/A | 4 / 132
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Unrepresented parties[]
| Party | Abbr. | Flag | Founded | Political position | Founder | ||
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الحرية al-Huriyatu |
2005 | Marwan Barghouti | 
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| Arab Liberation Front جبهة التحرير العربية Jabhet al-Tahrir al-'Arabiyah |
ALF | 1969 | Rakad Salem | ||||
| Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War - Lightning Forces طلائع حرب التحرير الشعبية - قوات الصاعقة Ṭalāʾiʿ ḥarb al-taḥrīr al-shaʿbiyya - Quwwāt as-Ṣāʾiqa |
As-Sa'iqa الصاعقة |
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1966 | Farhan Abu Hayja | |||
| Palestinian Liberation Front جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية al-Jabha li-Tahrir al-Filastiniyya |
PLF | 1961 | Wasel Abu Yousef | ||||
| Palestinian Liberation Front (Abu Nidal Ashqar wing) Arabic: جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية (جناح أبو نضال الأشقر)) |
PLF (ANAW) | 1983 | Abu Nidal Ashqar | ||||
| Palestinian Liberation Front (Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim wing) Arabic: جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية (جناح عبد الفتاح غانم)) |
PLF (AFGW) | 1984 | Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim | ||||
| Palestinian Arab Front الجبهة العربية الفلسطينية Al-Jabhet Al-'Arabiya Al-Falestiniyeh |
PAF | 1993 | Left-wing | Jameel Shihadeh | |||
| Palestinian Democratic Union الاتحاد الديمقراطي الفلسطيني Al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini |
FIDA | 1990 | Left-wing | Saleh Ra'fat | |||
| Palestinian Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني al-Hizb al-Shuyueiu al-Filastiniu |
PCP | 
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1924 | Far-left | Mahmoud Sa'adeh | ||
| Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Arabic: حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn |
PIJ | 1981 | Far-right | Ziyad al-Nakhalah Abd Al Aziz Awda |
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| Palestinian Popular Struggle Front Arabic: جبهة النضال الشعبي الفلسطيني Jabhet Al-Nedal Al-Sha'abi Al-Falestini |
PPSF | 1967 | Left-wing | Ahmed Majdalani | |||
| Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (1991) Arabic: جبهة النضال الشعبي الفلسطيني |
PPSF (KAM) | 1991 | Left-wing | Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid | |||
| Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine �� General Command Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين – القيادة العامة |
PFLP-GC | 1968 | |||||
| Reform and Development Party Arabic: حزب الإصلاح والتنمية |
RDPP | 2019 | |||||
| Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني-الثوري |
RPCP | 1982 | Far-left | ||||
| Palestinian Freedom Movement Arabic: حركة الأحرار الفلسطينية |
Fatah al-Yasir | 2007 | Khalid Abu-Hilal | ||||
Alliances[]
| Party | Founded | Political position | Status | |
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| Alliance of Palestinian Forces Arabic: تحالف القوى الفلسطينية |
1993 | Big tent | Active | |
| Palestinian National and Islamic Forces | 2000 | Big tent | Active | |
| Ahd Bloc Arabic: كتلة العهد |
2005 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| The Alternative Arabic: البديل al-Badeel |
2006 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Bethlehem Brotherhood and Development Arabic: بيت لحم تآخي وتطوير |
2005 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Democratic Alliance Arabic: التحالف الديمقراطي |
1980s | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Democratic Alliance List Arabic: قائمة التحالف الديمقراطي |
2016 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Freedom and Social Justice | 2006 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Hope and Labour Bloc Arabic: كتلة الأمل والعمل |
2005 | Center-left | Defunct | |
| Palestinian National Alliance Arabic: التحالف الوطني الفلسطيني |
1983 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Palestinian National Salvation Front Arabic: جبهة الانقاذ الوطني الفلسطيني |
1985 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Reform Bloc Arabic: كتلة الاصلاح Kutla Al-Islah |
2005 | Right-wing | Defunct | |
| Rejectionist Front Arabic: جبهة الرفض |
1974 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Sons of the Land (Beit Jala) | 2005 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Unified National Leadership of the Uprising al-Qiyada al Muwhhada |
1989 | Left-wing | Active | |
| United Beit Jala | 2005 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| United Bethlehem Bloc Arabic: كتلة بيت لحم الموحدة Kutla Beit Laham Al-Muwahida |
2005 | Left-wing | Defunct | |
| Wafaa Bloc Arabic: كتلة الوفاء |
2005 | Right-wing | Defunct | |
Defunct parties[]
| Party | Flag | Founded | Political position | Founder | ||
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| Al-Mustaqbal المستقبل The Future |
2005 | Marwan Barghouti |
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| National Bloc الكتلة الوطنية al-Kutla al-Wataniyya |
1935 | Abd al-Latif Salah | ||||
| Youth Congress Party Arabic: مؤتمر الشباب العربي |
1932 | Yaqub al-Ghusayn | ||||
| Arab Palestine Organization Arabic: منظمة فلسطين العربية |
1969 | |||||
| Arab People's Movement Arabic: الحركة الشعبية العربية |
1977 | Naji Alush | ||||
| League of Palestinian Communists Arabic: عصبة الشيوعيين الفلسطينيين |
1982 | Far-left | ||||
| Palestine Popular Liberation Organization Arabic: المنظمة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين |
1964 | Far-left | Muhammad Fayyad Ibrahim Khraysha |
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| Palestinian Communist Workers Party Arabic: حزب العمال الشيوعي الفلسطيني |
1978 | Far-left | ||||
| Palestinian National Liberation Front Arabic: جبهة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني |
1968 | Hassan Sabarini (Abohelmi) | ||||
| Palestinian Popular Committees Arabic: اللجان الشعبية الفلسطينية |
1983 | Far-left | ||||
| Palestinian Revolutionary Left League Arabic: عصبة اليسار الثوري الفلسطيني |
1969 | Far-left | ||||
| Popular Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Palestine Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية الثورية لتحرير فلسطين Al-Jabhat ash-Sha'biyah at-Thawriyah li-Tahrir Filastin |
1972 | Far-left | ||||
| Communist Party of Palestine Yiddish: קאָמוניסט פארטיי פון פּאַלעסטינע |
1922 | Far-left | ||||
| National Liberation League in Palestine Arabic: عصبة التحرر الوطني في فلسطين ʿUṣbat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy fi Filasṭīn |
1943 | Far-left | ||||
| Palestine Communist Party Yiddish: פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי Palestinische Komunistische Partei Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني |
1923 | Far-left | ||||
| Palestinian Communist Party (1922) Yiddish: פּאלעסטיניטשע קאמוניסט פארטיי |
1922 | Far-left | ||||
| Revolutionary Communist League (Mandatory Palestine) Hebrew: הליגה הקומוניסטית המהפכנית Brit Kommunistim Mahapchanin |
1930s | Far-left | ||||
| Socialist Workers Party (Mandatory Palestine) Hebrew: מפלגת הפועלים הסוציאליסטית |
1919 | Far-left | ||||
See also[]
- Politics of the Palestinian National Authority
- List of political parties by country
List of political parties in Asia | |
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References[]
Categories:
- Palestinian political parties
- Lists of political parties by country
- State of Palestine-related lists
- Palestinian politics
- Lists of political parties in Asia
- Lists of organizations based in the State of Palestine