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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence
The
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
is a statement written by the
Palestinian
poet
Mahmoud Darwish
and proclaimed by
Yasser Arafat
on 15 November 1988. It had previously been adopted by the
Palestinian National Council
, the legislative body of the
Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO), by a vote of 253 in favour 46 against and 10 abstentions. It was read at the closing session of the 19th Palestinian National Council to a standing ovation. Upon completing the reading of the declaration, Arafat, as
Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
assumed the title of "President of Palestine." In April 1989, the
PLO Central Council
elected Yasser Arafat the first
President of the State of Palestine
.
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