SESAME's operating costs are paid for by its member states: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan,
the Palestinian National Authority, and Turkey.
The Oslo Accords created
the Palestinian National Authority, and granted this new government partial sovereignty over most of Gaza and around half of the West Bank.
A government that effectively control parts of the Palestinian Territories,
the Palestinian National Authority, also exists, and claims itself to be the government of the State of Palestine.
In the Gaza strip, Hamas banned any celebration of the holiday, which is a nation - wide celebration in
the Palestinian National Authority.
Not exact matches
Works in the exhibition include ex libris (2010 — 2012), originally commissioned by dOCUMENTA (13), which commemorates the approximately thirty thousand books from
Palestinian homes, libraries, and institutions that were looted by Israeli
authorities in 1948 and ENTRY DENIED (a concert in Jerusalem)(2003), a full length concert performed by Austrian
nationals who were scheduled to perform in Jerusalem and Bethlehem but denied entry at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport for «security reasons».