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The '''Palestinian Authority''', officially known as the '''"State of Palestine"''', is the Arab governmental unit that governs parts of the [[West Bank]] and claims [[Gaza Strip]] but lost control over it in 2006.
== Geography ==
The climate is Mediterranean and temperate in the communities controlled by the state in the West Bank, while in the claimed territory of Gaza it is coastal, as it is on the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
== History ==