State of Palestine Quiz

Founding and Governance of the State of Palestine

• The State of Palestine was not explicitly founded, as its declaration of independence was in 1988, but it is not recognized by the Israeli government.
• The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) officially governs the State of Palestine.

Territories and Boundaries

• The State of Palestine claims the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as its own territories.
• The Gaza Strip is situated on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
• Egypt borders Gaza on the southwest.

History of Governance and Conflict

• Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip after winning the 2006 Palestinian legislative election.
• The 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Mandatory Palestine was adopted in response to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
• Israel began a decades-long military occupation of the Palestinian territories during the 1967 Six-Day War.
• The British Empire relinquished its control of Palestine during the 1948 Palestine war.
• The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) governed both territories until 2006, under the Oslo Accords.
• In 2007, Hamas took over the governance of Gaza.