2018 in the State of Palestine explained

Events in the year 2018 in the State of Palestine.

Incumbents

State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)

• President: Mahmoud Abbas (PLO)
• Prime Minister: Rami Hamdallah
• Government of Palestine – 17th Government of Palestine

Gaza Strip (Hamas administration unrecognized by the United Nations)

• Prime Minister: Yahya Sinwar (Hamas)

Events

• 30 May – United Nations warns that escalation Gaza is on a "Brink of War".^{[1] [2] [3]}
• 15 November – Palestine celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Deaths

• 25 January – Ghassan Shakaa, politician, former mayor of Nablus (b. 1943).^[8]
• 24 March – Rim Banna, singer, composer and activist (b. 1966)
• 21 April – Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh, engineer and academic (b. 1983)

See also

• Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2018

Notes and References

1. Web site: UN Envoy: Gaza Escalation a Warning That 'Brink of War' Near.
2. Web site: UN envoy: Gaza escalation a warning that 'brink of war' near. 30 May 2018.
3. Web site: UN envoy: Gaza escalation shows we are on the 'brink of war'. . 30 May 2018.
4. Web site: Palestina conmemora 30 aniversario declaración independencia bajo ocupación . Palestine marks 30th anniversary of independence declaration under occupation . 15 November 2018 . La República (Ecuador) . Spanish .
5. Web site: Palestinian Embassy celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Tashkent . 18 November 2018 . Kun.uz .
6. Web site: Palestina celebra el 30 aniversario de su Independencia . Palestine celebrates 30th anniversary of its independence . 29 November 2018 . El 19 Digital . Spanish .
7. Web site: P.L.O. Proclaims Palestine to Be an Independent State; Hints at Recognizing Israel . Ibrahim . Youssef M. . 15 November 1988 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20141017202724/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/15/world/plo-proclaims-palestine-to-be-an-independent-state-hints-at-recognizing-israel.html . 17 October 2014 .
8. News: West Bank former mayor, Ghassan al-Shakaa, dead at age 74 . Associated Press . 2 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021234/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/west-bank-mayor-ghassan-al-shakaa-dead-age-52608710 . 28 January 2018 . dead .