Flag of Palestine
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The flag of Palestine is a tricolor of three equal horizontal stripes overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist. This flag is derived from the Pan-Arab colors and is used to represent the State of Palestine and the Palestinian people.
Handing of the Palestinian Arab flag with a drawing of the Dome of the Rock over to Indian Muslim anti-colonial leader Shaukat Ali during his visit to Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, 1931
Palestinian Arab flag over the Alhambra Cinema in Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine, 1937
Rebels posing with their rifles and a Palestinian flag emblazoned with a cross and crescent, during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
An Israeli soldier grabs a flag from a protester in Huwara.
Palestinian Authority
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The Palestinian Authority, officially known as the Palestinian National Authority or the State of Palestine, is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over West Bank areas "A" and "B" as a consequence of the 1993–1995 Oslo Accords. The Palestinian Authority controlled the Gaza Strip prior to the Palestinian elections of 2006 and the subsequent Gaza conflict between the Fatah and Hamas parties, when it lost control to Hamas; the PA continues to claim the Gaza Strip, although Hamas exercises de facto control. 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".
Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on 13 September 1993
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), President of the Palestinian Authority since 2005 (disputed since 2009)