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On 27 April 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Palestinian National Authority to Palestinian Authority. The result of the discussion was moved.

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Sentence in lead makes no sense

The following sentence doesn’t make sense: “ Since January 2013, the Palestinian Authority has used the name "State of Palestine" on official documents, although the United Nations continues to recognize the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as the "representative of the Palestinian people".” - the use of although seem to imply there is an opposition, or that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority are different things, when in fact they are the exactly same people and institutions. The sentence is super confusing as it is, so I believe it should be cut short at “on official documents”. 2A00:A041:3BA8:4100:A13A:A1E4:180E:66D6 (talk) 17:22, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edited to better align with source. Selfstudier (talk) 17:48, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Presidential or Parliamentary?

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Change line "government_type = Semi‑presidential" to "government_type = Parliamentary" since Palestinian Basic Law (link below) Article 5 clearly says 'parliamentary system' https://www.elections.ps/Portals/0/pdf/The_Amended_Basic_Law_2003_EN.pdf 77.237.14.246 (talk) 05:28, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would need a secondary source to change this.Rainsage (talk) 09:32, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 January 2025

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Change this:

On 19 April 2005, Vladimir Putin the president of Russia agreed to aid

To this:

On 19 April 2005, the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, agreed to aid Michael.The.Londoner (talk) 19:16, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done with slightly different wording. LizardJr8 (talk) 21:13, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Without references, the page claims Hamas controls West Bank de facto. Based on web search, this is not commonly considered true. Would you please remove yhe following statement? ", although Hamas exercises de facto control" Alternatively, would you please add reliable references to the statement? Thanks 2001:999:40D:135F:9A1:1FC:38D2:8AD6 (talk) 15:07, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: That sentence refers to the Gaza Strip, not the West Bank.

CMD (talk) 15:18, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]