Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
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Armed group affiliated with Fatah |
Executive Force
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Security force in Gaza established by the Hamas government in 2006 |
Fatah
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Chief political organization of the Palestine Liberation Army |
General Intelligence Service (GIS)
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Domestic intelligence agency now limited to the West Bank, which reports to President Abbas |
Hamas
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Islamic Resistance Movement |
Israel Defense Force (IDF)
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Israeli armed forces |
Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades
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Armed wing of Hamas |
National Security Force
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Security force of the Palestinian Authority now run by Fatah in the West Bank and by Hamas in Gaza |
Internal Security Force (ISF)
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Security force in Gaza established by Hamas in September 2007, which deals with domestic security and reports to the Minister of Interior |
Palestinian National Authority (PA)
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Government of the Occupied Palestinian Territory as mandated in the Oslo Accords |
Palestinian civil police
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Police in both Gaza and the West Bank who report to the respective Ministers of Interior |
PCHR
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, human rights group operating in the West Bank and Gaza |
PICCR
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Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights, established in 1993 as the human rights commission of the PA, renamed the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) in May 2008 |
Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)
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Legislative body of the Palestinian National Authority |
Presidential Guard
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Security force now limited to the West Bank, which reports to President Abbas |
Preventive Security Organization
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Security force now limited to the West Bank, which reports to the Minister of Interior |
PLO
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Palestine Liberation Organization |
shabah
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Arabic term for painful stress positions used as torture |