(DanielPipes.org) Daniel Pipes - By my count, this is the fourth Palestinian push to declare a state. On Oct. 1, 1948, Amin al-Husayni, the mufti of Jerusalem, stood before the Palestine National Council in Gaza and declared the existence of the All-Palestine Government. On Nov. 15, 1988, again before a meeting of the Palestine National Council, Yassir Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), declared the existence of a State of Palestine. Arafat later insisted he would declare a Palestinian state on May 4, 1999.
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