List of political parties in Palestine

The following political parties, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority in the Palestinian territories:

Brief history and overview

In 1994, The Palestinian Authority was formed, the governing body for the interim period pending final status negotiations. The President of the State of Palestine is the highest-ranking political position, the equivalent to head of state, in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The President is elected by popular elections. The Palestinian Legislative Council is the legislature of the Palestinian Authority. It is not to be confused with the Palestinian National Council, which remains the national legislature of the Palestinian people as a whole. The PLC passed a new law in June 2005 increasing the number of MPs from 88 to 132, stipulating that half be elected under a system of proportional representation and half by traditional constituencies.{{fact|date=November 2023}}

Legislative Council members

class="wikitable sortable" !colspan="2"\|Party!!Abbr.!!Flag!!Founded!!colspan="2"\|Leader!!Political position!!Legislative Council
style="background-color:{{party color\|Hamas}}"\|	{{ubl\|Islamic Resistance Movement\|{{langx\|ar\|حركة المقاومة الإسلامية}}\|{{small\|Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah}}}}	Hamas {{lang\|ar\|حماس}}	100px	align="center"\|1987	Khaled Mashal	60px	Right-wing	{{Composition bar\|74\|132\|{{party color\|Hamas}}}}
style="background-color:{{party color\|Fatah}}"\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian National Liberation Movement\|{{langx\|ar\|حركة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني}}\|{{small\|Ḥarakat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭanī al-Filasṭīnī}}}}	Fatah {{lang\|ar\|فتح}}	100x100px \| align="center" \|1965	Mahmoud Abbas	60px	Centre-left to left-wing	{{Composition bar\|45\|132\|{{party color\|Fatah}}}}
style="background-color:{{party color\|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine}}"\|	{{ubl\|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine\|{{langx\|ar\|الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين}}\|{{small\|al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn}}}}	PFLP	100px	align="center" \|1967	Ahmad Sa'adat		Far-left	{{Composition bar\|3\|132\|{{party color\|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine}}}}
style="background-color:{{party color\|Third Way (Palestinian political party)}}"\|	{{ubl\|Third Way\|{{langx\|ar\|الطريق الثالث}}\|{{small\|aṭ-Ṭarīq ath-Thālith}}}}			align="center"\|2005	Salam Fayyad	60px	Left-wing{{cite journal \|title=Beyond Fateh Corruption and Mass Discontent: Hamas, the Palestinian Left and the 2006 Legislative Elections \|first=Manal A. \|last=Jamal \|journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies \|volume=40 \|issue=3 \|year=2013 \|pages=273–294 \|publisher=Taylor & Francis, Ltd\|doi=10.1080/13530194.2013.791135 }} (Liberalism)	{{Composition bar\|2\|132\|{{party color\|Third Way (Palestinian political party)}}}}
style="background-color:{{party color\|Palestinian National Initiative}}"\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian National Initiative\|{{langx\|ar\|المبادرة الوطنية الفلسطينية}}\|{{small\|al-Mubādara al-Waṭaniyya al-Filasṭīniyya}}}}	PNI		align="center"\|2002	Mustafa Barghouti	60px	Left-wing	{{Composition bar\|2\|132\|{{party color\|Palestinian National Initiative}}}}
style="background-color:{{party color\|Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine}}"\|	{{ubl\|Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine\|{{langx\|ar\|الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين}}\|{{small\|al-Jabhah al-Dīmuqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn}}}}	DFLP	100px	align="center"\|1968	Nayef Hawatmeh	60px	Far-left	{{Composition bar\|1\|132\|{{party color\|Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine}}}}
style="background-color:{{party color\|Palestinian People's Party}}"\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian People's Party\|{{langx\|ar\|حزب الشعب الفلسطيني}}\|{{small\|Ḥizb al-Sha'b al-Filasṭīnī}}}}	PPP		align="center" \|1982	Bassam as-Salhi		Far-left	{{Composition bar\|1\|132\|{{party color\|Palestinian People's Party}}}}
style="background-color: grey"\|	Independent	colspan="6" {{n/a}}	{{Composition bar\|4\|132\|grey}}

Unrepresented parties

class="wikitable sortable" !colspan="2"\|Party!!Abbr.!!Flag!!Founded!!Political position!!colspan="2"\|Founder
style="background-color:{{party color\|Liberty (political party, Palestine)}}\|	{{ubl\|Liberty\|{{langx\|ar\|الحرية}}\|{{small\|al-Huriyatu}}}}			align="center"\|2005	Centre-left	Marwan Barghouti	60px
style="background-color:#006400"\|	{{ubl\|Arab Liberation Front\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة التحرير العربية}}\|{{small\|Jabhet al-Tahrir al-'Arabiyah}}}}	ALF		align="center"\|1969	Right-wing{{efn\|Due to its affiliation with Saddamism}}	Rakad Salem
style="background-color:{{party color\|Ba'ath Party}}\|	{{ubl\|Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War - Lightning Forces\|{{lang\|ar\|طلائع حرب التحرير الشعبية - قوات الصاعقة}}\|{{small\|Ṭalāʾiʿ ḥarb al-taḥrīr al-shaʿbiyya - Quwwāt as-Ṣāʾiqa}}}}	As-Sa'iqa {{lang\|ar\|الصاعقة}}	100px	align="center" \|1966	Far-left{{efn\|Due to its association with the Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)}}	Farhan Abu Hayja
style="background-color:{{party color\|Palestinian Liberation Front}}\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Liberation Front\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية}}\|{{small\|al-Jabha li-Tahrir al-Filastiniyya}}}}	PLF		align="center"\|1959		Wasel Abu Yousef
style="background-color:{{party color\|Palestinian Liberation Front}}\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Liberation Front (Abu Nidal Ashqar wing)\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية (جناح أبو نضال الأشقر)}}}}	PLF (ANAW)		align="center"\|1983		Abu Nidal Ashqar
style="background-color:{{party color\|Palestinian Liberation Front}}\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Liberation Front (Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim wing)\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية (جناح عبد الفتاح غانم)}}}}	PLF (AFGW)		align="center"\|1983		Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim
style="background-color:{{party color\|Palestinian Arab Front}}\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Arab Front\|{{langx\|ar\|الجبهة العربية الفلسطينية}}\|{{small\|Al-Jabhet Al-'Arabiya Al-Falestiniyeh}}}}	PAF		align="center"\|1993	Left-wing	Jameel Shihadeh
style="background-color:#228B22\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Democratic Union\|{{langx\|ar\|الاتحاد الديمقراطي الفلسطيني‎}}\|{{small\|Al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini}}}}	FIDA		align="center"\|1990	Left-wing	Saleh Ra'fat
style="background-color:#B00F15\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Communist Party\|{{langx\|ar\|الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني}}\|{{small\|al-Hizb al-Shuyueiu al-Filastiniu}}}}	PCP	100x100px	align="center" \|1991	Far-left	Mahmoud Sa'adeh
style="background-color:{{party color\|Palestinian Popular Struggle Front}}\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Popular Struggle Front\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة النضال الشعبي الفلسطيني}}\|{{small\|Jabhet Al-Nedal Al-Sha'abi Al-Falestini}}}}	PPSF		align="center"\|1967	Left-wing	Ahmed Majdalani
style="background-color:{{party color\|Palestinian Popular Struggle Front}}\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid)\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة النضال الشعبي الفلسطيني (خالد عبد المجيد)}}}}	PPSF (KAM)		align="center"\|1991	Left-wing	Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid
style="background-color:{{party color\|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command}}\|	{{ubl\|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command\|{{langx\|ar\|الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين – القيادة العامة}}}}	PFLP-GC		align="center"\|1968	Left-wing{{efn\|Still considers itself nominally socialist}}	Ahmed Jibril
style="background-color:#8CC843\|	{{ubl\|Reform and Development Party\|{{langx\|ar\|حزب الإصلاح والتنمية}}}}	RDPP		align="center"\|2019
style="background-color:#F22D3E\|	{{ubl\|Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party\|{{langx\|ar\|الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني-الثوري}}}}	RPCP		align="center"\|1982	Far-left	Arabi Awwad
style="background-color:#e2caa7\|	{{ubl\|National Coalition for Justice and Democracy\|{{langx\|ar\|الائتلاف الوطني من أجل العدالة والديمقراطية}}}}	Wa'ad		align="center"\|2004		Eyad El-Sarraj
style="background-color:{{party color\|Fatah}}\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Freedom Movement\|{{langx\|ar\|حركة الأحرار الفلسطينية}}}}	Fatah al-Yasir		align="center"\|2007	Right-wing	Khalid Abu-Hilal
style="background-color:{{party color\|Fatah}}\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Mujahideen Movement\|{{langx\|ar\|حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية}}}}	PMM		align="center"\|2001	Right-wing	Asaad Abu Sharia

Alliances

class="wikitable sortable" !colspan="2"\|Party!!Founded!!Political position!!Status
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|Alliance of Palestinian Forces\|{{langx\|ar\|تحالف القوى الفلسطينية}}}}	align="center"\|1993	Big tent	Active
style="background-color:#6C765F\|	Palestinian National and Islamic Forces	align="center"\|2000	Big tent	Active
style="background-color:#232323\|	{{ubl\|Ahd Bloc\|{{langx\|ar\|كتلة العهد}}}}	align="center"\|2005	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:#A6241F\|	{{ubl\|The Alternative\|{{langx\|ar\|البديل}}\|{{small\|al-Badeel}}}}	align="center"\|2006	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:#AD120B\|	{{ubl\|Bethlehem Brotherhood and Development\|{{langx\|ar\|بيت لحم تآخي وتطوير}}}}	align="center"\|2005	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|Democratic Alliance\|{{langx\|ar\|التحالف الديمقراطي}}}}	align="center"\|1980s	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:#A91E3D\|	{{ubl\|Democratic Alliance List\|{{langx\|ar\|قائمة التحالف الديمقراطي}}}}	align="center"\|2016	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:Lightgreen\|	Freedom and Social Justice	align="center"\|2006	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:#0C2B85\|	{{ubl\|Hope and Labour Bloc\|{{langx\|ar\|كتلة الأمل والعمل}}}}	align="center"\|2005	Center-left	Defunct
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian National Alliance\|{{langx\|ar\|التحالف الوطني الفلسطيني}}}}	align="center"\|1983	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian National Salvation Front\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة الانقاذ الوطني الفلسطيني}}}}	align="center"\|1985	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:#3B541F\|	{{ubl\|Reform Bloc\|{{langx\|ar\|كتلة الاصلاح}}\|{{small\|Kutla Al-Islah}}}}	align="center"\|2005	Right-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|Rejectionist Front\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة الرفض}}}}	align="center"\|1974	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:Red\|	Sons of the Land (Beit Jala)	align="center"\|2005	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color: Red\|	{{ubl\|Unified National Leadership of the Uprising\|{{small\|al-Qiyada al Muwhhada}}}}	align="center"\|1989	Left-wing	Active
style="background-color:Red\|	United Beit Jala	align="center"\|2005	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:#071941\|	{{ubl\|United Bethlehem Bloc\|{{langx\|ar\|كتلة بيت لحم الموحدة}}\|{{small\|Kutla Beit Laham Al-Muwahida}}}}	align="center"\|2005	Left-wing	Defunct
style="background-color:#C60711\|	{{ubl\|Wafaa Bloc\|{{langx\|ar\|كتلة الوفاء}}}}	align="center"\|2005	Right-wing	Defunct

Defunct parties

class="wikitable sortable" !colspan="2"\|Party!!Founded!!Political position!!colspan="2"\|Founder
style="background-color:#006400"\|	{{ubl\|Al-Mustaqbal\|{{lang\|ar\|المستقبل}}\|{{small\|The Future}}}}	align="center"\|2005	Centre-left to Left-wing	Marwan Barghouti	60px
style="background-color: Green\|	{{ubl\|National Bloc\|{{lang\|ar\|الكتلة الوطنية}}\|{{small\|al-Kutla al-Wataniyya}}}}	align="center"\|1935	Right-wing	Abd al-Latif Salah
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|Youth Congress Party\|{{langx\|ar\|مؤتمر الشباب العربي}}}}	align="center"\|1932	Right-wing	Yaqub al-Ghusayn
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|Reform Party\|{{langx\|ar\|حزب الإصلاح}}}}	align="center"\|1935	Left-wing	Hussein Khalidi
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|Liberal Party\|{{langx\|ar\|الحزب الحر}}}}	align="center"\|1930	Centre	Fahmi al-Husseini
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|Palestine Arab Party\|{{langx\|ar\|الحزب العربي الفلسطيني}}}}	align="center"\|1935	Right-wing	Jamal al-Husayni
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|National Defense Party\|{{langx\|ar\|حزب الدفاع الوطني}}}}	align="center"\|1934	Centre	Raghib al-Nashashibi
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|Independence Party\|{{langx\|ar\|حزب الاستقلال}}}}	align="center"\|1932	Right-wing	Izzat Darwaza
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|Arab Palestine Organization\|{{langx\|ar\|منظمة فلسطين العربية}}}}	align="center"\|1969	Left-wing
style="background-color:Green\|	{{ubl\|Arab People's Movement\|{{langx\|ar\|الحركة الشعبية العربية}}}}	align="center"\|1977	Centre-left to left-wing	Naji Alush
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|League of Palestinian Communists\|{{langx\|ar\|عصبة الشيوعيين الفلسطينيين}}}}	align="center"\|1982	Far-left
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|Palestine Popular Liberation Organization\|{{langx\|ar\|المنظمة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين}}}}	align="center"\|1964	Far-left	{{ubl\|Muhammad Fayyad\|Ibrahim Khraysha}}
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Communist Workers Party\|{{langx\|ar\|حزب العمال الشيوعي الفلسطيني}}}}	align="center"\|1978	Far-left
style="background-color: Green\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian National Liberation Front\|{{langx\|ar\|جبهة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني}}}}	align="center"\|1968	Big tent	Hassan Sabarini (Abohelmi)
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Popular Committees\|{{langx\|ar\|اللجان الشعبية الفلسطينية}}}}	align="center"\|1983	Far-left
style="background-color: Red\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Revolutionary Left League\|{{langx\|ar\|عصبة اليسار الثوري الفلسطيني}}}}	align="center"\|1969	Far-left
style="background-color: Red\|	{{ubl\|Popular Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Palestine\|{{langx\|ar\|الجبهة الشعبية الثورية لتحرير فلسطين}}\|{{small\|Al-Jabhat ash-Sha'biyah at-Thawriyah li-Tahrir Filastin}}}}	align="center"\|1972	Far-left
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|Communist Party of Palestine\|{{langx\|yi\|קאָמוניסט פארטיי פון פּאַלעסטינע}}}}	align="center"\|1922	Far-left
style="background-color:Red\|	{{ubl\|National Liberation League in Palestine\|{{langx\|ar\|عصبة التحرر الوطني في فلسطين}}\|{{small\|ʿUṣbat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy fi Filasṭīn}}}}	align="center"\|1943	Far-left
style="background-color: #a80000\|	{{ubl\|Palestine Communist Party\|{{langx\|yi\|פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי}}\|{{small\|Palestinische Komunistische Partei}}\|{{langx\|ar\|الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني}}}}	align="center"\|1923	Far-left
style="background-color: Red\|	{{ubl\|Palestinian Communist Party (1922)\|{{langx\|yi\|פּאלעסטיניטשע קאמוניסט פארטיי}}}}	align="center"\|1922	Far-left
style="background-color: Red\|	{{ubl\|Revolutionary Communist League (Mandatory Palestine)\|{{langx\|he\|הליגה הקומוניסטית המהפכנית}}\|{{small\|Brit Kommunistim Mahapchanin}}}}	align="center"\|1930s	Far-left
style="background-color: Red\|	{{ubl\|Socialist Workers Party (Mandatory Palestine)\|{{langx\|he\|מפלגת הפועלים הסוציאליסטית}}}}	align="center"\|1919	Far-left

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