List of political parties in the Palestinian National Authority
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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 occupied Palestinian territories:
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority
Palestinian National Authority
The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
in the occupied Palestinian territories:
- Al-Mustaqbal or The Future
- Democratic Front for the Liberation of PalestineDemocratic Front for the Liberation of PalestineThe Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist, secular political and military organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiyah...
(al-jabhah al-dīmūqrātiyyah li-tahrīr filastīn) (socialist) - FatahFatahFataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
or Palestinian Liberation Movement (harakat al-tahrīr al-filastīnī) (centre-left) - HamasHamasHamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
or Islamic Resistance Movement (harakat al-muqāwamah al-islāmiyyah) (Islamist) - National Coaltion for Justice and Democracy (Wa'ad)
- Palestine Democratic UnionPalestine Democratic UnionThe Palestinian Democratic Union is a small Palestinian political party active in the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority .- Background :...
(al-ittihād al-dīmūqrātī al-filastīnī, FiDA) (centre-left) - Palestine Forum launched 16 November 2007 by businessman Munib al-Masri,http://www.palestineforum.ps/en/index.php
- Palestine Liberation FrontPalestine Liberation FrontThe Palestine Liberation Front is a Palestinian militant group, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Canada, the European Union and the USA. It is presently led by Dr. Wasel Abu Yousef.-Origins:...
- Palestinian Arab FrontPalestinian Arab FrontPalestinian Arab Front is a minor Palestinian Arab Nationalist faction. PAF is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization.-History:...
- Palestinian Justice
- Palestinian National InitiativePalestinian National InitiativePalestinian National Initiative is a Palestinian political movement or party led by Dr. Mustafa Barghouti.Its formation was formally announced on June 17, 2002 in Ramallah on the West Bank, part of the Palestinian Territories, by Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Dr...
(al-mubādara al-wataniya al-filastīniyya) (centrist) - Palestinian People's PartyPalestinian People's PartyThe Palestinian People's Party , founded in 1982 as the Palestinian Communist Party, is a socialist political party in the Palestinian territories and among the Palestinian diaspora....
(hizb al-sha`b al-filastīnī) (left-wing) - Palestinian Popular Struggle FrontPalestinian Popular Struggle FrontThe Palestinian Popular Struggle Front , , is a militant Palestinian organization. The group was led by Dr. Samir Ghawshah until his death in 2009...
(left-wing) - Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestinePopular Front for the Liberation of PalestineThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
(al-jabhah al-sha`biyyah li-tahrīr filastīn) (communist) - Third WayThird Way (Palestine)The Third Way is a small centrist Palestinian political party active in the Palestinian National Authority . Founded on 16 December 2005, the party is led by Salam Fayyad and Hanan Ashrawi....
(centrist)
See also
- Politics of the Palestinian National AuthorityPolitics of the Palestinian National AuthorityThe politics of the Palestinian National Authority take place within the framework of a semi-presidential multi-party republic, with a Legislative Council, an executive President, and a Prime Minister leading the Cabinet. The PNA is not an internationally recognized independent sovereign state...
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