Palestinian Declaration of Independence

When

15 Nov 1988

Kind

Event

Coordinates

36.78° N, 3.06° E

Description

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed at the Palestinian National Council meeting in Algiers, by a vote of 253–46.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Palestinian Declaration of Independence.

1988 statement that formally established the State of Palestine

The Palestinian Declaration of Independence formally established the State of Palestine, and was written by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and proclaimed by Yasser Arafat on 15 November 1988 in Algiers, Algeria. It had previously been adopted by the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), by a vote of 253 in favour, 46 against, and 10 abstaining.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Algier wird durch den Palästinensischen Nationalrat, einem Organ der PLO, eine Unabhängigkeitserklärung verkündet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Le Conseil national palestinien vote en faveur de la déclaration (253-46) et Yasser Arafat proclame la déclaration d'indépendance de la Palestine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page