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2009-JAN-03

GAZA STRIP ISRAEL PALESTINE SYRIA

(Gaza ^q^r) - (Jerusalem ^a^r^u + Tel Aviv-Jaffa ⁱⁿ) - (Ramallah ^q^r + (East Jerusalem)) - (Damascus) -

	Islamic Socialist State of GAZA STRIP [Israeli Occupation]
Flag or logo since 2007-06-14*	Dawlat al-Islamiya al-Achtrakih QIṭĀ´ ĠAZZAH : الدولة الاشتراكية الإسلامية قطاع غزة (ar) + Mehoz RETZU´AT ´AZZA : רצועת עזה המחוזית (he)	Emblem or Symbol*

Mahmoud Al-Zahar
(ruler of GAZA STRIP since 2007-06-14)

President Shimon Peres
(ruler of ISRAEL since 2007-07-15)

President Mahmoud Abbas
(ruler of PALESTINE since 2005-01-15)

President Bashar Al-Assad
(ruler of SYRIA since 2000-07-17)





Capitals & administrative places*:	Gaza ^q^r (Gazzah)	^q de facto capital ^r ruler's residence (royal or presidential, primary or secondary)
Official & national languages:	*Arabic (ar) . Hebrew (he) .*

Mainland:

GAZA STRIP

Hamas Government in GAZA STRIP (Gaza)

5 Divisions:

DEIR EL-BALAH

DEIR EL-BALAH Governorate (Deir El-Balah)

Local:

Muhafazah DEIR AL-BALAH : محافظة دير البلح‎ (ar) (Dayr Al-Balah)

GAZA CITY

GAZA Governorate (Gaza)

Local:

Muhafazah GHAZZAH : محافظة غزة (ar) (Gazzah)

KHAN YUNIS

KHAN YUNIS Governorate (Khan Yunis)

Local:

Nafat KHAN YUNIS (Khan Yunis)

NORTH GAZA

NORTH GAZA Governorate (Jabalia)

Local:

Muhafazah SHAMAL GHAZZAH : محافظة شمال غزة (ar) (Jabaliya)

RAFA

RAFA Governorate (Rafa)

Local:

Muhafazah RAFAH : محافظة رفح (ar) (Rafah)

1 Condominium:

PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN GAZA STRIP

PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN GAZA STRIP : UNRWA-United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Beach Camp)

Local:

Mukhayamat al-Laajiiyn al-Filastiniyn fi QITA GHAZZAH : مخيمات اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في قطاع غزة (ar) + PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN GAZA STRIP : UNRWA-United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (en) (Ash-Shati)

1 Government or Movement in Exile

HAMAS

Islamic Resistance Movement : HAMAS [Pro-Syrian] (Damascus + Gaza)

Khaled Mashal

Other Independent or Semi-Independent Polities within the 2024's internationally recognized Country boundaries:

ISLAMIC PALESTINE

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement : PIJ [Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine] (Damascus + Gaza)

PALESTINE

Palestinian National Authority : PNA (Ramallah ^q^r + (East Jerusalem))

Other Territories or Entities within the 2024's internationally recognized Country boundaries:

AL-AQSA

Fatah Militia of AL-AQSA Martyrs´ Brigades : Brigades of Shahid Yasser Arafat ((East Jerusalem))

ARAB PALESTINE

Factions of Palestinian Popular Struggle Front : PPSF (Ramallah)

AREA B

Israeli-Palestinian Co-Administered Enclaves of AREA B (Abu Dis)

BETHLEHEM

BETHLEHEM Governorate [Area A Enclaves] (Bethlehem)

COMMUNIST PALESTINE

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine : DFLP (Gaza + Ramallah)

EAST JERUSALEM

United Area of EAST JERUSALEM (East Jerusalem)

FREE PALESTINE

Palestine Liberation Organization : PLO (Ramallah)

HEBRON

HEBRON Governorate [Area A Enclaves] (Hebron)

HOLY LAND

French National Domain in the HOLY LAND [French Territories in Jerusalem] (Church of Saint Anne + Eleona Monastery + Tomb of the Kings + Abbaye Saint Mary of the Resurrection of Abu Gosh)