2016 in the State of Palestine
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2016 in the Palestinian territories
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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in the State of Palestine.
Incumbents
State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)
- Mahmoud Abbas (PLO), President, 8 May 2005-current
- Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister, 6 June 2013-current
Gaza Strip (Hamas administration unrecognized by the United Nations)
- Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas), Prime Minister, 29 March 2006-current
Events
- Ayman al-Aloul, Editor-in-Chief of Arab Now Agency in Gaza Strip, and another journalist, Ramzi Herzallah, were detained and allegedly tortured from 3–12 January by Hamas following critical Facebook posts.[1][2]
- Israeli troops raided Birzeit University in Ramallah on 11 January, seizing unidentified materials belonging to Hamas.[3]
- The Israeli military bombed a site near the border fence in
See also
References
- ^ "Gaza Journalist Says He Was Tortured in Hamas Jail". The Associated Press via The New York Times. 12 January 2016.
- ^ "PCHR Condemns Internal Security Arrest Of Two Activists In Gaza". International Middle East Media Center. 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Birzeit University condemns Israeli 'military attack' on campus". Maan News. 11 January 2016.
- ^ Judah Ari Gross (13 January 2016). "Hamas threatens retaliation for strike on bomb-planting cell". Times of Israel.