Note: The Economist Democracy Index rates the country as “authoritarian.”
The annual Democracy Index 2020 report by the EIU gauges the success of electoral processes, functioning of the government, civil liberties, and political participation and culture.
National Parliament Composition
National Poll Average
Coming soon!Government
| Head of State (President) | Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah, Centre-left) (Palestinian Authority) | |
| Head of Government (Prime Minister) | Mohammad Shtayyeh (Fatah, Centre-left) (Palestinian Authority) Issam al-Da’alis (Hamas, Islamist) (Gaza) | |
| Parties in Government | Contested: Fatah (Centre-left) (West Bank) Hamas (Islamist) (Gaza) |
Parties
حركة المقاومة الإسلامية (Hamas)
Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah
Hamas
Party Leader: Ismail Haniyeh
Orientation: Islamist
International Affiliation: N/A
فتح (Fatah)
Fatḥ
Fatah
Party Leader: Mahmoud Abbas
Orientation: Centre-left
International Affiliation: Socialist International, Progressive Alliance
الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين (PFLP)
al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Party Leader: Ahmed Sa’adat
Orientation: Left
International Affiliation: N/A
المبادرة الوطنية الفلسطينية (PNI)
al-Mubādara al-Waṭaniyya al-Filasṭīniyya
Palestinian National Initiative
Party Leader: Mustapha Barghouti
Orientation: Centre-left
International Affiliation: Socialist International, Progressive Alliance
الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين (DFLP)
al-Jabhah al-Dimuqratiya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Party Leader: Nayef Hawatmeh
Orientation: Left
International Affiliation: N/A
الطريق الثالث (Third Way)
aṭ-Ṭarīq ath-Thālith
The Third Way
Party Leader: Salam Fayyad
Orientation: Centre
International Affiliation: N/A
