Glossary: The Palestine Papers
We’ve compiled a list of the most frequently-used terms from The Palestine Papers.
The Palestine Papers were intended as internal notes, and so they make heavy use of jargon, acronyms and abbreviations. We’ve compiled a list of the most frequently-used terms.
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| AMA | Agreement on Movement and Access |
| API | Arab Peace Initiative |
| BATNA | Best alternative to a negotiated agreement |
| CBM | Confidence-building measure |
| CEC | Central Elections Committee |
| GOI | Government of Israel |
| KSCP | Kerem Shalom crossing point |
| LO | Liaison office |
| MB | Muslim Brotherhood |
| MF | Multi-national force |
| MFA | Israeli ministry of foreign affairs |
| NAD | Negotiations affairs department |
| NSU | Negotiation support unit |
| NUG | National unity government |
| PA | Palestinian Authority |
| PG | Presidential Guard |
| PLC | Palestinian Leadership Council |
| PS | Permanent status |
| PSN | Permanent status negotiations |
| RCP | Rafah crossing point |
| RM | Road Map |
| SPB | State with provisional borders |
| SSR | Security sector reform |
| SWG | Security working group |
| TOR | Terms of reference |
| WG | Working group |
People
Different documents use different abbreviations for key negotiators: Tzipi Livni, for example, is referred to as both TL and TZ. This list covers the most commonly-used abbreviations.
| Acronym | Person |
|---|---|
| AA | Abu Ala’ (Ahmed Qureia) |
| AB | Azem Bishara |
| AG | Amos Gilad |
| AM | Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) |
| ARY | Gen. Abdel Razzaq Yahia |
| BM | Ban Ki-moon |
| BO | Barack Obama |
| CR | Condoleezza Rice |
| DW | David Welch |
| ES | Ephraim Sneh |
| GS | Gilad Shed |
| JS | Javier Solana |
| KD | Gen. Keith Gayton |
| KE | Khaled el-Gindy |
| MD | Mohammad Dahlan |
| MO | Marc Otte |
| PP | Lt. Gen. Pietro Pistolese |
| PR | Col. Paul Rupp |
| PS | Pablo Serrano |
| RD | Rami Dajani |
| RN | Gen. Raji Najami |
| SA | Samih al-Abed |
| SE | Saeb Erekat |
| SF | Salam Fayyad |
| ST | Shalom Tourgeman |
| TB | Tal Becker |
| TL | Tzipi Livni |
| UD | Udi Dekel |
| YAR | Yasser Abed Rabbo |
| YG | Yossi Gal |
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