The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered officials to use ‘State of Palestine’ on official documents, including passports, ID cards and driving licenses.
Abbas said the move would help bolster the Palestinian state "on the ground and build its institutions... and its sovereignty over the its land".
He ordered the replacement of ‘Palestinian Authority’ with the ‘State of Palestine’ for official correspondence of the foreign ministry and embassies last week.
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