Michael Plutchok via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 2020 29 March29 1 Click here for the interactive version of Mapping Palestinian Politics Updated Updated 29 March 2020 Contents 1. Introduction........................................................................................................................ 5 2. Geography...........................................................................................................................6 Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) ...................................................................................6 Palestinian citizens of Israel................................................................................................... 7 Joint List .............................................................................................................................8 Balad ...................................................................................................................................8 Hadash ................................................................................................................................9 Ra’am ..................................................................................................................................9 Ta’al List............................................................................................................................ 10 Islamic Movement (Northern Branch) ............................................................................. 10 High Follow-Up Committee ............................................................................................. 10 Jerusalem .............................................................................................................................. 11 Refugee camps ...................................................................................................................... 11 3. Institutions ....................................................................................................................... 12 Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) ............................................................................ 12 Palestinian National Council (PNC) ................................................................................. 13 Palestinian Central Council (PCC).................................................................................... 14 Executive Committee (EC) ............................................................................................... 14 Palestinian Authority (PA) ................................................................................................... 15 Executive........................................................................................................................... 16 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) .............................................................................. 17 Justice system ................................................................................................................... 18 Elections ........................................................................................................................... 19 2 Updated 29 March 2020 Municipalities.......................................................................................................................20 Unions ..................................................................................................................................20 4. Political actors .................................................................................................................. 21 PLO groups........................................................................................................................... 21 Fatah ................................................................................................................................. 21 Fatah – Democratic Reform Bloc ..................................................................................... 23 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) ...................................................... 23 Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) ............................................... 23 Palestine Democratic Union (FIDA) ................................................................................ 23 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)................ 23 Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) ......................................................................................24 Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) .....................................................................................24 Palestine Popular Struggle Front (PPSF) .........................................................................24 Non-PLO groups ..................................................................................................................24 Hamas ............................................................................................................................... 25 Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) ........................................................................................26 Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) ............................................................................ 27 Palestinian National Initiative (PNI)................................................................................ 27 Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT)........................................................................................................ 27 Harakat al-Sabareen (HaS) ..............................................................................................28 5. Armed groups ...................................................................................................................28 Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (IQB) – Hamas ...................................................................28 Al-Quds Brigades (AQB) – Islamic Jihad ............................................................................28 Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (AMB) – Fatah ...........................................................................28 Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades – PRC ............................................................................29 3 Updated 29 March 2020 Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades – PFLP........................................................................................29 National Resistance Brigades – DFLP .................................................................................29 Salafi-Jihadis........................................................................................................................29 Jund Ansar Allah ..............................................................................................................30 Al-Tawhid wal-Jihad ........................................................................................................30 Jaysh al-Umma .................................................................................................................30 Jaysh al-Islam ...................................................................................................................30 Fatah al-Islam (Lebanon) ................................................................................................. 31 6. Security forces................................................................................................................... 31 General Intelligence Service (GIS) ....................................................................................... 32 Preventive Security (PS)....................................................................................................... 32 National Security Forces (NSF) ........................................................................................... 32 Military Intelligence ......................................................................................................... 33 Military Liaison................................................................................................................. 33 Presidential Guard ............................................................................................................... 33 Security and Protection Unit (Hamas)................................................................................. 33 Civil Police ............................................................................................................................ 33 Internal Security Force (ISF) ...............................................................................................34 Internal Security Agency (ISA) .........................................................................................34 General Intelligence..........................................................................................................34 7. Civil society ....................................................................................................................... 35 8. Acknowledgements ...........................................................................................................36 9. Profiles .............................................................................................................................. 37 10. ANNEX: MAPS AND DATA.......................................................................................... 73 4 Updated 29 March 2020 1. Introduction Mapping Palestinian Politics provides an interactive overview of the main Palestinian political institutions and players in Palestine,