| ABBAS | Mahmoud ---, President of the Palestinian National Authority (5) |
| ARAFAT | Yasser ---, the first President of the Palestinian National Authority (6) |
| YASSERARAFAT | The first President of the Palestinian National Authority |
| YASSER | And 1 Ac. Former president of the Palestinian National Authority (6,6) |
| MACRON | French President who announced France's recognition of the Palestinian state.(last name) (6) |
| JADAL | Led by Mahmoud Radaideh, this Jordanian band was formed in 2003, and its discography includes the albums Arabic Rocks, El Makina, and Malyoun. (5) |
| WEST | Part of the Palestinian territories (4,4) |
| BANK | Part of the Palestinian territories (4,4) |
| GAZA | One of the Palestinian territories (4) |
| IRANI | Follower of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| SIEGE | "State of ___" (Mahmoud Darwish poetry collection) |
| YASIR | PLO chairman before Mahmoud |
| FATAH | Party chaired by Mahmoud Abbas |
| ALNAKBA | The Palestinian name for the violent dispossession of their lands in the creation of Israel (2,5) |
| NAME | I agree to move the location of summit for national authority (4) |
| INTIFADA | The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaz |
| DARWISH | Poet Mahmoud who wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence |
| FAA | National authority that regulates civil aviation: Abbr. |
| JERICHO | Rich Joe is to be found in the Palestinian village (7) |
| HEBRON | Largest city in the Palestinian West Bank (6) |
