Palestinian Declaration of Independence
On November 15, 1988, the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
, met in Algeria to adopt a declaration of independence and proclaimed an independent State of Palestine in East Jerusalem
, the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip
. The declaration, which did not mention Israel
but according to some was a tacit recognition of an Israeli state alongside a Palestinian state, led to on-again, off-again American talks with the PLO. See "Palestinian Declaration of Independence
," Ami Isseroff, MidEast Web, 2002.