The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, since then it has named itself Palestinian National Authority. The Palestinian Authority was formed in 1994, pursuant to the Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization and the government of Israel, as a five-year interim body, during which final status negotiations between the two parties were to take place. As of 2011, more than sixteen years following the formulation of the PA, a final status has yet to be reached. According to the Oslo... Accords, the Palestinian Authority was designated to have control over both security-related and civilian issues in Palestinian urban areas , and only civilian control over Palestinian rural areas . The remainder of the territories, including Israeli settlements, the Jordan Valley region, and bypass roads between Palestinian communities, were to remain under exclusive Israeli control . East Jerusalem was excluded from the Accords.
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| Founded: | 1994 |
| Capital: | Jerusalem |
| Population: | 1,978,248 |
| Official language: | Arabic Language |
| Currency: | Israeli new sheqel, Jordanian dinar, Egyptian pound |
| GDP: | $2,828,493,967 |
| Form of government: | Semi-presidential system |
| Also known as: | Palestinian Authority |