Al-'amn al-wiqa'i الأمن الوقائي | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1994 |
Jurisdiction | State of Palestine, Gaza Strip (until 2007) |
Officeholders whose status is disputed are shown in italics |
Member state of the Arab League |
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The Palestinian Preventive Security (PPS; Arabic: الأمن الوقائي, romanized: Al-’amn al-wiqā’ī), also known as Preventive Security Force (PSF), Preventive Security Service (PSS), is one of the security organs of the State of Palestine. It was established in 1994 by president Yasser Arafat in accordance with the Oslo Accords.
The PPS is an internal intelligence organization, part of the Palestinian Security Services, and led by the Minister of the Interior. Its main tasks are protecting the internal security of Palestine and the Palestinian Authority, and preventing crimes which target governmental departments and public bodies and institutions. It was the keeper of the Oslo peace process.