Palestinian Territories
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- administration of the ANP
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Christian and Jewish minorities
From the country
- MARCH 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Five Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel...
Five Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel escaped from a Palestinian Authority jail in Nablus after Israeli forces bombed the building, Israel Radio reported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli...
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli occupation forces executed 13-year-old Samir Abu Mayala from Al-Thuri neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after shooting him in the shoulder
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military...
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military court in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and shot dead three Palestinians who had just been convicted in the killing of a security officer, witnesses and security sources said
- JANUARY 22, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
An angry demonstration was staged in Nablus
An angry demonstration was staged in Nablus
- JANUARY 4, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian state security court sentenced a policeman...
A Palestinian state security court sentenced a policeman to death for killing one comrade and wounding another in an unexplained shooting spree hours earlier, the Wafa news agency said
- JANUARY 1, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
- DECEMBER 5, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114...
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114 countries that agreed an unprecedented declaration reaffirming the illegality of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and calling on Israel to respect international humanitarian law
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed...
Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in a gun battle that the Israeli army said was an ambush by gunmen but which Palestinian officials called a "pure execution" of Palestinian wounded
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Hebron sentenced a member of the...
A military court in Hebron sentenced a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces to death by firing squad after finding him guilty of murder
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian sentenced to death for collaboration...
A Palestinian sentenced to death for collaboration with Israel was killed during an attempted escape, witnesses said
- AUGUST 16, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry...
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry into the death of a Palestinian man who the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said may have been tortured to death in a Gaza Strip prison run by the Palestinian Authority's military intellige
- AUGUST 12, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security...
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security Court sentenced to death Khalid Sa'id al-'Akkih by firing squad