Palestinian National Authority
interim government in Western Asia, governing West Bank Areas A and B since 1994 and, until 2006, the Gaza Strip
Episodes
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#5788: What Is a Consulate That Isn't a Consulate?Israel says the consulate closed. Britain says the mission lives. Same building, same seven staff, one screwdriver. -
#5685: East Jerusalem's Residency Trap: What 300,000 People Actually WantA third of East Jerusalem's residents hold residency, not citizenship. What the polling says about identity surprises almost everyone. -
#5683: How a Handshake Became the Temple Mount Status QuoNo treaty, no law, no signature — just Moshe Dayan's oral agreement with the Waqf, still governing the Mount 59 years later. -
#5500: Eight Consulates That Answer to No OneEight countries keep consulates in Jerusalem that bypass their own Tel Aviv embassies. The reason goes back four centuries. -
#5234: How Tribal Police, Beit Din, and Sharia Courts Share PowerTribal police, rabbinic courts, and consensual arbitration all operate under one state — here's the legal plumbing that keeps it from fragmenting. -
#5181: Shuafat: Jerusalem's Walled-Off Refugee CampInside the Jerusalem camp that's within the city limits but beyond the barrier — taxed by the city, policed by no one. -
#5180: Egypt's Gaza and Israel's Jerusalem: Two Legal SuspensionsEgypt ruled Gaza for 19 years without annexing it. Israel applied full law to East Jerusalem in 1967. Two occupied places, two very different legal... -
#5156: Is Gaza One Place or Many?Gaza is 41 km long, but inside it: refugee camps, native towns, Bedouin tribes, and a fault line that runs through every city. -
#5499: Jerusalem's Russian Compound: 17 Acres, Three ChurchesA 68-dunam walled district in central Jerusalem has been a pilgrimage campus, a prison, and a city hall. Here's how it became Russian. -
#5377: Is the U.S.-Israel Split a Blip or a Realignment?Gallup's 2026 first-ever Palestinian sympathy lead isn't a flip toward Palestinians — it's a decade-long collapse in support for Israel.