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The Palestinian National Authority requires their residents register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. There are two different systems of registration plates: One for West Bank and other in Gaza Strip.
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In West Bank
Generally, registration plates in West Bank has in the right side the Latin letter "P" for Palestine or Palestinian Authority; above that, the Arabic letter ف (Faa') for فلسطين (Falasteen) or السلطة الفلسطينية (a-Sultat al-Filastiniya).
Private vehicles
Private vehicles have white plates with green numbers, the numbers have seven digits, the first shows the district (governorate) of the registration:
Y-XXXX-ZX
Public transport
Vehicles serving the public transport (taxis, shared taxis, and buses) have green plates with white numbers. Taxi plates always end in -30.
Plates for vehicles of the Authority
Vehicles belonging to the Palestinian Authority use white number plates with red numbers. Those are officials' cars, ambulances, fire brigade police and special police (military).
The numbers match the format XXXX with leading zeros.
Currently new registered police vehicles get also green-on-white plates ending in -99.
Test plates
Test plates for garages and car importers are blue with white writing and display the word "TEST" in Arabic (اختبار) and Hebrew (במבחן) above the number.
In Gaza Strip
Until 2012 registration plates in Gaza Strip had the same format as in West Bank. In 2012 the authorities of the Gaza Strip replaced the PNA license plates described above with a new design. The new plates have a vertical Palestinian flag on the right (instead of the letters P/ف) in European style plate or horizontal flag on the top in American style plates. All the plates have white background. All numbers start with "3".
1967–1994
During this period of the Israeli governance of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinians had license plates issued by the Israeli civil administration. Blue (West Bank) and white (Gaza Strip) plates with a Hebrew letter in a white or orange field on the left side that identified the origin of the car's holder.