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PALESTINE AUTHORITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
Synonyms:
Palestine Authority; Palestine National Authority; Palestinian National Authority
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Palestine Authority" is a kind of...):
political entity; political unit (a unit with political responsibilities)