Omar Mukhtar Street is Gaza City's main
street. The street is named after the leader of the resistance to Italian colonization
of Libya. Originally the street was named after Ottoman governor Jamal Pasha
but renamed after the end of the Ottoman rule over Palestine in 1917.
Stamp
The Palestinian Authority is the
semi-official, self-governing Palestinian body established in May 1994 in
accordance with the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on behalf of
the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
The stamp is part of a series of two stamps issued in 2000,
commemorating the state visit of Yasir Arafat to Germany.
