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The Palestinian Basic Law

A collection of various propsals and amendments to the Basic Law of Palestine.

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Phone firm helps pay PA wages


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In order to pay public service salaries this month, Palestinan Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was forced to seek help from a mobile phone company eager to speed its entry into ...   More...

De facto government responds to speaker’s call


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In response to a petition by the hamas-affilliated speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Ahmad Bahar, the Interiory Ministry of the de facto cabinet in Gaza released Fatah leader ...   More...

– 150 detainees will be released


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According to Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, Israel has agreed to release 150 Palestinian detainees within the end of August. Among those who will be freed are several members of ...   More...

Former local government minister released


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Issa Al-Jabari, former Palestinian minister of local government, has been released from prison by Israeli authorities. Al-Jabari was detained during the summer of 2006 along with among others 42 members ...   More...

West Bank parliamentarians call for PLO Central Council meeting


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In the West Bank, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members from several parties calls on the Palestinian leadership to start a national dialogue as soon as possible. The PLC members further ...   More...

Calls for negotiations under PLC umbrella


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On the second anniversary of the arrest of Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), acting PLC speaker Ahmad Bahar (Hamas) called on Hamas and Fatah and the ...   More...

Poll: Majority sees Fayyad cabinet as legitimate


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In a poll taken by Near East Consulting after an outbreak of Hamas and Fatah late this summer, 54 percent of participants said that they view the government of Salam ...   More...

PLC member freed


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Israel has released member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Umar Abdul-Raziq, who served as Palestinian finance minister in the tenth Palestinian cabinet. Abdul-Raziq was detained in a campaign against ...   More...

Leaders detained in Gaza


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The police of the de facto government in Gaza has arrested at least 17 Fatah leaders, according to Maan News. The arrests were made only a day after an order ...   More...

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Facts about the Basic Law

The Palestinian Basic Law is to function as a temporary constitution for the Palestinian Authority until the establishment of an independent state and a permanent constitution for Palestine can be achieved.

The Basic Law was passed by the Palestinian Legislative Council in 1997 and ratified by President Yasser Arafat in 2002. It has subsequently been amended twice; in 2003 the political system was changed to introduce a prime minister. In 2005 it was amended to conform to the new Election Law. The 2003 reform was comprehensive and affected the whole nature of the Palestinian political system, whereas the 2005 amendment was only minor and affected only a few paragraphs.

A parallel effort has been made to draft a permanent Palestinian constitution for an independent state, but this was shelved in favor of amending the existing Basic Law.


About this site

This website presents a collection of various drafts and amendments related to the Basic Law and other constitutional texts that have been compiled from various other sources.

You can also expect to find links to news items and reports that are of relevance to Palestinian constitutional law, the electoral framework, political reform and the PA branches of government.

The website was created by the Norwegian journalists Erik Bolstad and Tonje M. Viken in February 2008. The site is a private initiative and has no affiliation to any organizations or authorities.

All external links are purely for information purposes and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors of this site.

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