2013 in the State of Palestine

Events in the year 2013 in the State of Palestine.

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Incumbents

State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)

• President – Mahmoud Abbas (PLO)
• Prime Minister – Salam Fayyad (Third Way) (emergency rule)

• Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (in the Gaza Strip) – Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas) (in rebellion against the Palestinian administration in Ramallah)

Events

On April 13 Salam Fayyad resigned as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

January

• January 4 – Hundreds of thousands of people rally in Gaza in a show of unity between the governing Hamas and Fatah.[1][2][3]
• January 6 – Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, orders that the words "State of Palestine" be used on official documents.[4]

February

• February 26 – A rocket is fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, marking the first such attack since a ceasefire was signed in November 2012.[5]

March

• March 20 – President of the United States Barack Obama begins a four-day visit to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan.[6][7][8]

April

• April 2 - The Palestinian Islamic organization Hamas re-elects Khaled Meshaal as its leader. The group also passes a new law ordering gender segregation in Gaza's schools that will go into effect in September.[9][10]
• April 13 - Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with the President Mahmoud Abbas.[11]
• April 30 - An Israeli air strike on Gaza City kills Hitham Maskhal, a well known Palestinian militant and injures another in the first such attack since the November ceasefire. Both suspected Palestinian militants were part of the militant group which fired rockets at the southern Israeli city of Eilat two weeks ago.[12]

June

• June 23 - Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah who had offered his resignation on Thursday.[13]

July

• July 28 - As a "good will gesture" to restart peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, Israel agreed to release 104 Palestinian prisoners, most of whom have been in jail since before the 1993 Oslo Accords.[14]

August

• August 7 - Palestinian journalist Mohamed Muna is arrested and put in administrative detention.[15]

Notable deaths

• January 29 – Said al-Muragha, 86, Palestinian militant (Fatah al-Intifada), cancer.[16]
• March 17 – Umm Nidal, 64, Palestinian politician, multiple organ failure.[17]
• April 2 – Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 64, Palestinian general, cancer.[18]
• May 17 – Nasser al-Din al-Nashashibi, 93, Palestinian historian, author and journalist.[19]

See also

• 2013 in Israel
• 2013 in the Gaza Strip

References

1. "BBC News – Gaza: Fatah holds biggest rally since Hamas came to power". BBC News. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
2. "Fatah holds first mass rally in Gaza in years – Middle East – Al Jazeera English". Retrieved November 16, 2014.
3. "Mass rally in Gaza to support Palestinian president's Fatah faction - World news - guardian.co.uk". the Guardian. London. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
4. "BBC News – 'Palestine' to be used in West Bank public documents". BBC News. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
5. Rudoren, Jodi (February 26, 2013). "Rocket From Gaza Hits Israel, Breaking Cease-Fire". The New York Times.
6. "BBC News - Obama vows Israeli friendship on first visit as president". BBC News. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
7. "Obama faces conflict-ridden Middle East during visit to a skeptical Israel - NY Daily News". NY Daily News. New York. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
8. Harriet Sherwood. "Barack Obama visits Israel in effort to boost relations with Netanyahu - World news - guardian.co.uk". the Guardian. London. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
9. "Palestinian Hamas Islamists re-elect Meshaal as leader - Reuters". Reuters. April 2, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
10. "Hamas orders gender segregation at schools - Middle East - Al Jazeera English". Retrieved November 16, 2014.
11. "BBC News - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigns". BBC News. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
12. "BBC News - Gaza city: Israeli air strike kills Palestinian militant". BBC News. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
13. "Abbas accepts Palestinian prime minister's resignation - Reuters". Reuters. June 23, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
14. Peace talks set to begin after Israel agrees to free 104 Palestinian prisoners, Washington Post. July 28, 2013
15. "Palestinian media death toll reaches 13".
16. "Fatah al-Intifada chief dies in Damascus at 85 - Maan News Agency". Maan News Agency. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
17. "Fox News Firebrand Palestinian lawmaker known as mother martyrs dies in Gaza". Fox News. March 17, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
18. Kareem Khadder, CNN (April 3, 2013). "CNN: Palestinian prisoner's death sparks protests in Israel, West Bank". CNN. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
19. "Celebrated Palestinian historian, journalist dies at 93 - Maan News Agency". Maan News Agency. Retrieved November 16, 2014.