title: 1997 in the Palestinian territories
text: # 1997 in the Palestinian territories
  
  Events from the year 1997 in the Palestinian territories
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  Palestinian National Authority (non-state administrative authority)
  
  * Yasser Arafat (Fatah), President, 5 July 1994 – 11 November 2004
  
  ## Events
  
  * Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
  
  ## Establishments
  
  * The Al-Aqsa Islamic Bank was established.
  * Kfar HaOranim was founded.
  * Sansana was founded.
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari was in the 1997 Arab Club Champions Cup.
  