.ps

Overview

• .ps is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the State of Palestine.
• It is administered by the Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority (PNINA) and has been used for Palestinian entities and general registrations.
• The Internationalized ccTLD in Arabic is .فلسطين (Punycode: .xn--ygbi2ammx).

History

• Delegation: .ps was introduced and delegated in March 2000 (IANA delegation report dated 22 March 2000).
• Redelegation: IANA reports include a redelegation action in 2004.
• Early timeline (as reported): an initial application was made in 1997 and denied; after lobbying and a 1999 UN decision related to Palestine, .ps was listed in ISO 3166 and assigned in 2000. On 23 March 2000 .ps became operational and gov.ps was the first domain to go live.
• PNINA (Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority) was created in early 2003 with participation from academia, private sector, ISOC, legal institutions, ISPs, telecom and government ministries.
• Registry and sponsorship: PNINA is the registry/administrator; PITA is listed as a sponsor in registry records. Registrations are processed by certified registrars.
• As reported (May 2025), the official registry website (nic.ps) was down.

Usage and Audience

• Intended for entities connected with the State of Palestine.
• Actual use: fairly popular within Palestine; also open to non-Palestinians for second-level registrations.
• Typical users include businesses, organizations, educational institutions and government bodies of the Palestinian territories.

Registration Rules

• Registration levels:

  • Second-level registrations (.ps) are open to anyone (Palestinians and non-Palestinians).
  • Third-level registrations are available beneath several designated second-level categories and may have category-specific limitations.

• Common 2nd/3rd-level categories and restrictions:

  • .ps — open to anyone.
  • com.ps, net.ps, org.ps — unrestricted.
  • edu.ps — for educational institutions.
  • gov.ps — for institutions of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and government.
  • sch.ps — for Palestinian schools.

• Other operational notes:

  • Registrations are handled by PNINA through certified registrars.
  • A dispute resolution policy (DRS) is published for the ccTLD.

Notable Cases or Examples

• Domain hacks and creative uses:
  • meetu.ps used by Meetup for links and events.
  • ter.ps used by the University of Maryland as an example short domain.
• gov.ps was the first .ps domain to go live when the ccTLD became operational.

% IANA WHOIS server
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% This query returned 1 object

domain:       PS

organisation: Ministry of Telecommunications & Information Technology, Government Computer Center
address:      Al-Irsal Street.
address:      Ramallah 674
address:      Palestine, State of

contact:      administrative
name:         MTIT Representative, PNINA Chairman
organisation: Ministry Of Telecommunications & Information Technology
address:      Al-Irsal Street
address:      Ramallah 674
address:      Palestine, State of
phone:        +(970) 2 2409354
fax-no:       +(970) 2 2409353
e-mail:       psdomain@gcc.gov.ps

contact:      technical
name:         Technical Contact
organisation: Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority PNINA
address:      Al-Wehda Street
address:      Ramallah Gaza 1215
address:      Palestine, State of
phone:        + (970) 8 2861617
fax-no:       +(970) 8 2861618
e-mail:       technical@pnina.ps

nserver:      BILAL.PNINA.PS 168.119.39.120
nserver:      FORK.STH.DNSNODE.NET 2a01:3f0:0:306:0:0:0:53 77.72.229.254
nserver:      NS1.PNINA.PS 194.6.225.20
nserver:      PS-NS.ANYCAST.PCH.NET 2001:500:14:6029:ad:0:0:1 204.61.216.29
nserver:      PS.CCTLD.AUTHDNS.RIPE.NET 193.0.9.105 2001:67c:e0:0:0:0:0:105
nserver:      RIP.PSG.COM 147.28.0.39 2001:418:1:0:0:0:0:39

whois:        

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.nic.ps

created:      2000-03-22
changed:      2025-08-22
source:       IANA