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While the U.S. does not recognize the State of Palestine, it recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the legitimate representative entity for the Palestinian people; following the Oslo Accords, it recognized the Palestinian National Authority as the legitimate Palestinian government of the Palestinian territories.
The Palestine Liberation Organization is recognized by the Arab League as "the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people", [14] [58] and by the United Nations as "the representative of the Palestinian people". [85] The PLO was designated a terrorist organization by the United States in 1987, [25] [86] but in 1988, a ...
The State of Palestine had been officially declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on 15 November 1988, claiming sovereignty over the internationally recognized Palestinian territories: the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. By the end of 1988, the Palestinian state was recognized by 78 countries. [8] [9]
Then, in summer 1993, the Oslo I Accord was signed by Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, providing for the creation of a Palestinian interim self-government, the Palestinian ...
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which had been formed in 1964, strongly criticized the resolution, saying that it reduced the question of Palestine to a refugee problem. [48]: 18 In September 1974, 56 member states proposed that "the question of Palestine" be included as an item in the General Assembly's agenda.
Despite the 1988 proclamation of the State of Palestine, at the time the Palestine Liberation Organization did not exercise control over any territory, [6] and designated Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, [7] which was under Israeli control and claimed by it as Israel's capital. The PLO was hence a government in exile between 1988 and 1994.
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) had been recognized as "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people," competent on all matters concerning the question of Palestine by the UN General Assembly in addition to the right of the Palestinian people in Palestine to national independence and sovereignty, and was granted observer status at the UN General Assembly as a "non-state ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Politics of Palestine Officeholders whose status is disputed are shown in italics National symbols Flag National anthem Coat of arms Administrative divisions Palestinian enclaves Governorates Palestinian refugee camps Government State of Palestine government (Ramallah) President: Mahmoud Abbas a ...