Yasser Arafat recognized the state of Israel at his declaration of the independence of the state of Palestine on November 15, 1988 at the Palestinian National Council

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Yasser Arafat recognized the state of Israel at his declaration of the independence of the state of Palestine on November 15, 1988 at the Palestinian National Council

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Opposing arguments

In the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, Yasser Arafat did not explicitly recognize the State of Israel.

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This declaration was a turning point in the history of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) confirmed Palestinian acceptance of the two-solution for the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Yasir Arafat, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, early today declared the establishment of an independent Palestinian state as part of a broad political program that recognizes Israel, at least implicitly, for the first time.

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The Palestinian National Council did not recognize Israel as a legitimate state before the Palestinian declaration of independence

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Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian independence declaration