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