Editing Palestinian Authority (section)

==History==

===Establishment===
{{for|the history of the area controlled by the Palestinian Authority prior to its establishment|History of Palestine}}
[[File:Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat at the White House 1993-09-13.jpg|thumb|[[Yitzhak Rabin]], [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Yasser Arafat]] at the [[Oslo Accords]] signing ceremony on 13 September 1993]]

The Palestinian Authority was created by the [[Gaza–Jericho Agreement]], pursuant to the 1993 [[Oslo Accords#Palestinian Authority and Legislative Council|Oslo Accords]]. The Gaza–Jericho Agreement was signed on 4 May 1994 and included Israeli withdrawal from the [[Jericho]] area and partially from the Gaza Strip, and detailed the creation of the Palestinian Authority and the [[Palestinian Civil Police Force]].<ref name=Rudoren/><ref name=CNN/>

The PA was envisioned as an interim organization to administer a limited form of Palestinian self-governance in the [[Palestinian enclaves]] in the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] for a period of five years, during which final-status negotiations would take place.<ref name="Ref_f">Oslo Accords, Article I</ref><ref name="Ref_g">[[Oslo Accords]], Article V</ref><ref name="Ref_h">[[Gaza–Jericho Agreement]], Article XXIII, Section 3</ref> The [[Palestinian Central Council]], itself acting on behalf of the [[Palestine National Council]] of the PLO, implemented this agreement in a meeting convened in [[Tunis]] from 10 to 11 October 1993, making the Palestinian Authority accountable to the [[PLO Executive Committee]].<ref name="icj_wall_palestine_written">Pages 44–49 of the [http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/131/1555.pdf written statement submitted by Palestine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205004758/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/131/1555.pdf |date=5 February 2009 }}, 29 January 2004, in the International Court of Justice [http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=2 Advisory Proceedings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906030830/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=2 |date=6 September 2015 }} on the [http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=4&code=mwp&case=131&k=5a Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430104232/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=4&code=mwp&case=131&k=5a |date=30 April 2008 }}, [http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/131/1497.pdf referred to the court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205005443/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/131/1497.pdf |date=5 February 2009 }} by U.N. General Assembly resolution A/RES/ES-10/14 (A/ES-10/L.16) adopted on 8 December 2003 at the 23rd Meeting of the Resumed Tenth Emergency Special Session.</ref>

The administrative responsibilities accorded to the PA were limited to civil matters and internal security and did not include external security or foreign affairs.<ref name=Eurp521>{{harvnb|Eur|2003|p=521}}</ref> Palestinians in the [[Palestinian diaspora|diaspora]] and [[Arab citizens of Israel|inside Israel]] were not eligible to vote in elections for the offices of the Palestinian Authority.<ref name=Rothsteinp63>{{harvnb|Rothstein|1999|p=63}}</ref> The PA was legally separate from the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO), which continues to enjoy [[Foreign relations of the Palestine Liberation Organization|international recognition]] as the sole legitimate representative of the [[Palestinian people]], representing them at the United Nations under the name "[[United Nations General Assembly observers#Palestine|Palestine]]".<ref name=Brownp49>{{harvnb|Brown|2003|p=49}}</ref><ref name=Watsonp62>{{harvnb|Watson|2000|p=62}}</ref>

General elections were held for its first legislative body, the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]], on 20 January 1996.<ref name="icj_wall_palestine_written"/> The expiration of the body's term was 4 May 1999, but elections were not held because of the "prevailing coercive situation".<ref name="icj_wall_palestine_written"/>

===Second Intifada===

On 7 July 2004, the [[Quartet on the Middle East|Quartet]] of Middle East mediators informed [[Ahmed Qurei]], [[Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Prime Minister]] of the PA from 2003 to 2006, that they were "sick and tired" of the Palestinians failure to carry out promised reforms: "If security reforms are not done, there will be no (more) international support and no funding from the international community"<ref name="Ref_i">{{Citation|title=Mediators tell Palestinians to reform or lose aid |work=China Daily |url=http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/08/content_346590.htm |access-date=19 February 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210062747/http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/08/content_346590.htm |archive-date=10 February 2006 }}</ref>

On 18 July 2004, United States President [[George W. Bush]] stated that the establishment of a Palestinian state by the end of 2005 was unlikely due to instability and violence in the Palestinian Authority.<ref name="Ref_j">{{Citation | title=Bataille pour le trésor de l'OLP |work=Le Figaro  | url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/ | access-date=6 February 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041109092145/http://www.lefigaro.fr/ |archive-date=9 November 2004 }}</ref>

Following Arafat's death on 11 November 2004, [[Rawhi Fattouh]], leader of the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]] became [[acting president]] of the Palestinian Authority as provided for in Article 54(2) of the Authority's Basic Law and Palestinian Elections Law.<ref name="Ref_k">{{Citation|title=The Basic Law |publisher=miftah.org |url=http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=790&CategoryId=10 |access-date=29 May 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619015653/http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=790&CategoryId=10 |archive-date=19 June 2006 }}</ref>

On 19 April 2005, President [[Vladimir Putin]] of Russia agreed to aid the Palestinian Authority stating, "We support the efforts of President Abbas to reform the security services and fight against terrorism [...] If we are waiting for President Abbas to fight terrorism, he cannot do it with the resources he has now. [...] We will give the Palestinian Authority technical help by sending equipment, training people. We will give the Palestinian Authority helicopters and also communication equipment."<ref name="Ref_2005">{{Citation | title= Putin offers to help Palestinians |publisher=BBC | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4496273.stm | access-date=19 February 2006 | date=29 April 2005}}</ref>

The 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]]. Although the five-year interim period expired in 1999, the final status agreement has yet to be concluded despite attempts such as the [[2000 Camp David Summit]], the [[Taba Summit]], and the unofficial [[Geneva Accords (2003)|Geneva Accords]].

[[File:West Bank July 2008 CIA remote-sensing map 3000px.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] [[Remote sensing|remote-sensing]] map of areas governed by the Palestinian Authority, July 2008.]]
In August 2005, [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] began his [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza|disengagement from the Gaza Strip]], ceding full effective internal control of the Strip to the Palestinian Authority but retained control of its borders including air and sea (except for the Egyptian border). This increased the percentage of land in the Gaza Strip nominally governed by the PA from 60 percent to 100 percent.

===Hamas–Fatah conflict===
[[File:Palestinian legislative election 2006.png|300px|thumb|The [[2006 Palestinian legislative election|Palestinian legislative election in 2006]], Hamas (green) and Fatah (yellow)]]
{{main|Fatah–Hamas conflict|Gaza Strip under Hamas}}
[[2006 Palestinian legislative election|Palestinian legislative elections]] took place on 25 January 2006. [[Hamas]] was victorious and [[Ismail Haniyeh]] was nominated as prime minister on 16 February 2006 and sworn in on 29 March 2006. However, when a Hamas-led Palestinian government was formed, the [[Quartet on the Middle East|Quartet]] (United States, Russia, United Nations, and European Union) conditioned future foreign assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) on the future government's commitment to non-violence, recognition of the State of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements. Hamas rejected these demands,<ref>CRS Report for Congress, 27 June 2006, [https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/68794.pdf ''U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826185858/http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/68794.pdf |date=26 August 2014 }}</ref> which resulted in the Quartet suspension of its foreign assistance program and [[Israel]] imposed [[2006–2007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority|economic sanctions]].

In December 2006, [[Ismail Haniyeh]], Prime Minister of the PA, declared that the PA will never recognize Israel: "We will never recognize the usurper Zionist government and will continue our jihad-like movement until the liberation of Jerusalem."<ref name="Ref_2006b">{{Citation|date=8 December 2006|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-08-palestinian-pm_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA|title=Palestinian prime minister vows not to recognize Israel|agency=Associated Press | work=USA Today | access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref>

In an attempt to resolve the financial and diplomatic impasse, the Hamas-led government together with Fatah Chairman [[Mahmoud Abbas]] agreed to form a [[Palestinian government of March 2007|unity government]]. As a result, Haniyeh resigned on 15 February 2007 as part of the agreement. The unity government was finally formed on 18 March 2007 under Prime Minister [[Ismail Haniyeh]] and consisted of members from Hamas, Fatah and other parties and independents. The situation in the Gaza strip however quickly deteriorated into an open feud between the Hamas and Fatah, which eventually resulted in the [[Battle for Gaza (2007)|''Brothers' War'']].

After the [[Battle for Gaza (2007)|takeover in Gaza by Hamas]] on 14 June 2007, Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas dismissed the government and on 15 June 2007 appointed [[Salam Fayyad]] [[Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Prime Minister]] to form a new government. Though the new government's authority is claimed to extend to all Palestinian territories, in effect it became limited to the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of the [[West Bank]], as Hamas hasn't recognized the move. The Fayyad government has won widespread international support. Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia said in late June 2007 that the West Bank-based Cabinet formed by Fayyad was the sole legitimate Palestinian government, and Egypt moved its embassy from Gaza to the West Bank.<ref name="Ref_l">{{cite web|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/874106.html|title=Mubarak Calls Hamas' Takeover of the Gaza Strip a 'Coup'|work=Haaretz|location=Israel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625201301/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/874106.html|archive-date=25 June 2007|date=4 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hamas, which [[Gaza Strip under Hamas|government]] has an effective control of the Gaza Strip since 2007, faces international diplomatic and economic isolation.

In 2013, political analyst Hillel Frisch from [[Bar-Ilan University]]'s BESA Center, noted that "The PA is playing a double game...with regards to battling Hamas, there's coordination if not cooperation with Israel. But on the political front, the PA is trying to generate a popular intifada."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/prisoner-protests-mark-pa-effort-to-start-a-popular-intifada/|title=Prisoner protests mark PA effort to start a 'popular intifada'|first=Elhanan|last=Miller|website=The Times of Israel}}</ref>

===Two PNA administrations===
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. Until 2012, there had also been no progress in promotion of PNA status in the UN, as well in negotiations with Israel. Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority stayed out of the [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]] in 2008–2009, which followed the six-month [[truce]]<!--truce explained in "Background" section, in other articles on topic, and in the sources provided -->, between Hamas and Israel which ended on 19 December 2008.<ref name="bjt-tip-point-cross-border-figthing">{{Citation |url=http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/tipping_point/9631 |title=Tipping Point After years of rocket attacks, Israel finally says, 'Enough!' |last=Jacobs |first=Phil |date=30 December 2008 |work=Baltimore Jewish Times |access-date=7 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115020744/http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/tipping_point/9631 |archive-date=15 January 2009 }}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-truce>{{Citation |author=Isabel Kershner| title = Israel Agrees to Truce with Hamas on Gaza | work = The New York Times | access-date =28 December 2008 | date = 18 June 2008 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/world/middleeast/18mideast.html?_r=1&fta=y | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417043110/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/world/middleeast/18mideast.html?_r=1&fta=y| url-status = live | archive-date=17 April 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Ref_2009">{{Cite news|title=TIMELINE – Israeli-Hamas violence since truce ended|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE50423320090105|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118161927/http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE50423320090105|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2009|work=Reuters| date=5 January 2009}}</ref> Hamas claimed that Israel broke the truce on 4 November 2008,<ref name="Ref_m">{{Cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Rory|date=5 November 2008
|title=Gaza truce broken as Israeli raid kills six Hamas gunmen| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106161636/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/israelandthepalestinians |archive-date=6 January 2018
|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/israelandthepalestinians|access-date=2023-02-20|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="Ref_n">{{Cite news|last=McGreal|first=Chris|date=4 January 2009
|title=Why Israel went to war in Gaza|work=The Observer| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922195308/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/04/israel-gaza-hamas-hidden-agenda |archive-date=22 September 2016
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/04/israel-gaza-hamas-hidden-agenda|access-date=2023-02-20|issn=0029-7712}}</ref> though Israel blamed Hamas for an increasing [[List of rocket and mortar attacks in Israel in 2008|rocket fire]] directed at southern Israeli towns and cities.<ref name="Ref_2008">{{Citation|title=Hamas declares Israel truce over|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7791100.stm|publisher=BBC News | date=22 December 2008 | access-date=3 January 2010}}</ref> The [[2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict]] began on 27 December 2008 (11:30 [[Ante meridiem|a.m.]] local time; 09:30 [[UTC]]).<ref name="Harel2008">{{Citation|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050405.html|title=ANALYSIS / IAF strike on Gaza is Israel's version of 'shock and awe'|last=Harel|first=Amos|date=27 December 2008|work=Haaretz|access-date=27 December 2008|archive-date=25 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825110007/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050405.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Though condemning Israel over attacks on Gaza, the Palestinian Authority erected no actions during the conflict of Israel with Hamas.

The [[Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process|reconciliation process]] between Fatah and Hamas reached intermediate results by the two governments, most notably the agreement in Cairo on 27 April 2011, but with no final solution. Though the two agreed to form a unity government,<ref name="cnnunity"/> and to hold [[Next Palestinian general election|elections]] in both territories within 12 months of the establishment of such a government,<ref name="ruvr">{{Cite news|title=Fatah, Hamas agree general elections|url=http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/04/27/49559693.html|newspaper=The Voice of Russia|date=27 April 2011|access-date=28 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920180527/http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/04/27/49559693.html|archive-date=20 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author1=Levy, Elior |author2=Somfalvi, Attila |title=Fatah, Hamas sign reconciliation agreement|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4061418,00.html|newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=Israel News; Yedioth Internet|date=27 April 2011|access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref> it had not been implemented. The 2011 deal also promised the entry of [[Hamas]] into the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] and holding of elections to its [[Palestine National Council]] decision-making body, which was not implemented as well. The deal was further ratified in the 2012 [[Hamas–Fatah Doha agreement]], which was made with the background of Hamas relocation from Damascus, due to the simmering [[Syrian civil war]].

Since late August 2012, Palestinian National Authority has been swept with [[2012 Palestinian protests|social protests]] aiming against the cost of living. The protesters targeted the Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad, calling for his resignation. Some anti-government protests turned violent.<ref name=bbc1109/> On 11 September, Palestinian prime minister issued a decree on lowering the fuel prices and cutting salaries of top officials.<ref name=bbc1109>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19556951 |title=Palestinian PM unveils measures to calm protests |publisher=BBC |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref>

In July 2012, it was reported that the [[Gaza Strip under Hamas|Hamas Government in Gaza]] was considering to declare the independence of the Gaza Strip with the help of Egypt.<ref name="english.alarabiya.net">{{cite web |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/31/229595.html |title=Report of possible Gaza independence stirs debate |publisher=Al Arabiya |date=31 July 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014181327/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/31/229595.html |archive-date=14 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 23 April 2014 [[Ismail Haniyeh]], the prime minister of Hamas, and a senior [[Palestine Liberation Organisation]] delegation dispatched by Palestinian president [[Mahmoud Abbas]] signed the [[2014 Fatah–Hamas Gaza Agreement|Fatah–Hamas Gaza Agreement]] at [[Gaza City]] in an attempt to create [[Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process|reconciliation]] in the [[Fatah–Hamas conflict]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont |first1=Peter |last2=Lewis |first2=Paul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/23/plo-hamas-agree-unity-pact-form-government |title=Fatah and Hamas agree landmark pact after seven-year rift |newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 April 2014 |access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref> It stated that a unity government should be formed within five weeks, ahead of a presidential and parliamentary election within six months.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20140423-fatah-hamas-agree-palestinian-unity-government/ |title=Fatah, Hamas agree to form Palestinian unity government |publisher=France 24 |date=23 April 2014 |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424015211/http://www.france24.com/en/20140423-fatah-hamas-agree-palestinian-unity-government/ |archive-date=24 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Palestinian unity government of 2014]] formed on 2 June 2014 as a national and [[unity government|political union]] under [[President of the State of Palestine|Palestinian president]] [[Mahmoud Abbas]]. The European Union, the United Nations, the United States, China, India, Russia and Turkey all agreed to work with it.<ref>{{Cite news
| date = 6 March 2014
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527102005/https://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/EU-says-open-to-working-with-Palestinian-unity-government-355252 |archive-date=27 May 2021
|title=International community welcomes Palestinian unity government|work=The Jerusalem Post 
|url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/EU-says-open-to-working-with-Palestinian-unity-government-355252|access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314165927/https://thediplomat.com/2014/06/india-and-china-back-unified-palestinian-government/
| archive-date = 14 March 2021
| date = 4 June 2014
|last=Panda|first=Ankit|title=India and China Back Unified Palestinian Government|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/06/india-and-china-back-unified-palestinian-government/|access-date=2023-02-20|website=thediplomat.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
| author1-last=Wroughton
| author1-first=Lesley 
| author2-last=Zengerle
| author2-first= Patricia 
| date=2 June 2014
| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinian-unity-usa-idUSKBN0ED1VQ20140603
 | title=Obama administration to work with Palestinian unity government
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018005920/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/03/us-palestinian-unity-usa-idUSKBN0ED1VQ20140603 |archive-date=18 October 2015 | work= Reuters
|access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref><ref name=h20140603>{{cite news |title=Amid wave of endorsements, PM 'troubled' by U.S. decision to work with Palestinian gov't |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.596907 |newspaper=Haaretz |date=3 June 2014}}</ref> The [[Israeli government]] condemned the unity government because it views Hamas as a terrorist organization.<ref>{{cite news |title=Palestinian unity government sworn in by Mahmoud Abbas |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27660218 |access-date=2 June 2014 |publisher=BBC News  |date=2 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rudoren |first1=Jodi |last2=Kershner |first2=Isabel |title=With Hope for Unity, Abbas Swears in a New Palestinian Government |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/world/middleeast/abbas-swears-in-a-new-palestinian-government.html |access-date=2 June 2014 |work=The New York Times  |date=2 June 2014}}</ref> The Palestinian unity government first convened in Gaza on 9 October 2014 to discuss the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]]. On 30 November 2014, Hamas declared that the unity government had ended with the expiration of the six-month term.<ref>{{cite web |website=The Jerusalem Post|title=Hamas says unity government is over |author=Ariel Ben Solomon |date=30 November 2014 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hamas-rejects-Abbas-claim-that-it-colluded-with-Israel-and-says-unity-government-is-over-383264}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hamas: Palestinian unity govt has expired |date=30 November 2014 |url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=743683 |website=Ma'an News Agency |access-date=30 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130021854/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=743683 |archive-date=30 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> But Fatah subsequently denied the claim, and said that the government is still in force.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fatah official denies unity government mandate has ended |author=Lazar Berman |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=1 December 2014 |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/fatah-official-denies-unity-government-mandate-has-ended/}}</ref>

On 7–8 February 2016, Fatah and Hamas held talks in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]] in an attempt to implement the 2014 agreements. Hamas official told ''[[Al-Monitor]]'' on 8 March, that the talks did not succeed and that discussions continued between the two movements. He also said that the foreign pressures on the Palestinian Authority to not implement the reconciliation terms is the main obstacle in the talks. In a 25 Feb statement to local newspaper ''Felesteen'', Hamas foreign relations chief [[Osama Hamdan]] accused the United States and Israel of blocking Palestinian reconciliation. The United States is putting pressure on the PA to not reconcile with Hamas until the latter recognizes the [[Quartet on the Middle East]]'s conditions, including the recognition of Israel, which Hamas rejects. After the 2014 agreement, US president [[Barack Obama]] said in April 2014 that President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to form a national unity government with Hamas was "unhelpful" and undermined the negotiations with Israel. Amin Maqboul, secretary-general of Fatah's Revolutionary Council, told ''Al-Monitor'', "Hamas did not stick to the 2014 agreement, as it has yet to hand over the reins of power over Gaza to the national consensus government and continues to control the crossings. Should Hamas continue down this path, we have to go to the polls immediately and let the people choose who they want to rule".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abou Jalal|first1=Rasha|title=Why does Hamas, Fatah reconciliation keep failing? the foreign pressures on the Palestinian Authority to not implement the reconciliation terms.|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/palestinian-hamas-fatah-reconciliation-doha.html|access-date=16 March 2016|work=[[Al-Monitor]]|date=8 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313223726/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/palestinian-hamas-fatah-reconciliation-doha.html#ixzz436pSQ5sy|archive-date=13 March 2016}}</ref>

===2013 name change===
The UN has permitted the PLO to title its representative office to the UN as "The Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations",<ref name="un.int"/> and Palestine has started to re-title its name accordingly on postal stamps, official documents and passports,<ref name="aljazeera.com"/><ref>{{Cite news
| last = Khoury | first =Jack
| date=5 January 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105094313/http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/palestinian-authority-officially-changes-name-to-state-of-palestine.premium-1.492065 |archive-date=5 January 2013 
|title=Palestinian Authority Officially Changes Name to 'State of Palestine'|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2013-01-05/ty-article/.premium/pa-changes-name-to-palestine/0000017f-dc52-d856-a37f-fdd2fded0000|access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref> whilst it has instructed its diplomats to officially represent 'The State of Palestine', as opposed to the 'Palestine National Authority'.<ref name="aljazeera.com"/> Additionally, on 17 December 2012, UN Chief of Protocol Yeocheol Yoon decided that "the designation of 'State of Palestine' shall be used by the Secretariat in all official United Nations documents".<ref name="Gharib"/> However, in a speech in 2016 president Abbas said that "The Palestinian Authority exists and it is here," and "The Palestinian Authority is one of our achievements and we won't give it up."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-Palestinian-Authority-will-not-collapse-440641|title=Abbas: Palestinian Authority will not collapse|date=6 January 2016}}</ref>

===2024 mass resignation===
On the morning of 26 February 2024, the entire Palestinian government, including Prime Minister [[Mohammad Shtayyeh]], resigned from office, amid popular opposition to the Palestinian Authority and pressure from the [[United States]] during the [[Gaza war]].<ref name="AP">{{cite web |author1=Staff of the [[Associated Press]] |title=Palestinian prime minister submits government's resignation, a move that could open door to reforms |url=https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-abbas-israel-hamas-war-resignation-1c13eb3c2ded20cc14397e71b5b1dea5 |work=[[Associated Press News]] |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226120840/https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-abbas-israel-hamas-war-resignation-1c13eb3c2ded20cc14397e71b5b1dea5 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |location=Jerusalem |format=[[News]] [[Article (publishing)|article]] |date=26 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TWP">{{cite news |last1=Cho |first1=Kelly Kasulis |last2=Morris |first2=Loveday |last3=Sands |first3=Leo |last4=Balousha |first4=Hazem |last5=Chamaa |first5=Mohamad El |last6=Haidamous |first6=Suzan |last7=Masih |first7=Niha |last8=Alfaro |first8=Mariana |last9=Foster-Frau |first9=Silvia |title=Palestinian prime minister, cabinet offer to resign in step toward post-Gaza war overhaul |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/26/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-palestine/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226120311/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/26/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-palestine/ |archive-date=26 February 2024 |format=[[News]] [[Article (publishing)|article]] |date=26 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Nick |date=2024-02-26 |title=Mohammed Shtayyeh, Palestinian Authority prime minister, and government to resign |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/26/middleeast/palestinian-authority-prime-minister-resigns-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-02-26 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite web |last1=Sawafta |first1=Ali |last2=Mackenzie |first2=James |last3=Jones |first3=Gareth |last4=Fletcher |first4=Philippa |title=Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh resigns |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-prime-minister-shtayyeh-resigns-2024-02-26/ |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226122624/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-prime-minister-shtayyeh-resigns-2024-02-26/ |archive-date=26 February 2024 |location=[[Ramallah]], [[Palestine]] & [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] |format=[[News]] [[Article (publishing)|article]] |date=26 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>