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[[File:Flag of Palestine.jpg|thumb|The Flag of Palestine]]

[[File:Flag of Palestine.jpg|thumb|300px|The Flag of Palestine]]

The '''State of Palestine''' was unilaterally declared on November 15, 1988, by the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] in [[Tunis]].

The '''State of Palestine''' was unilaterally declared on November 15, 1988 in [[Algiers]] at an extraordinary session in exile of the [[Palestine National Council]], the legislative arm of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]. Legal justification for this act was based on [[United Nations General Assembly]] Resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947, which provided for the termination and partition of the [[British Mandate for Palestine]] into two states.<ref>[http://unispal.un.org/unispal.nsf/0/7F0AF2BD897689B785256C330061D253 Resolution 181 (II). Future government of Palestine] - United Nations</ref>

At the time, the PLO did not have control over any part of [[Palestine]] (or any other territory), and therefore the State of Palestine failed to meet one of the main defining aspects of a real [[state]] - namely, occupying a territory.

At the time, the PLO did not have control over any part of [[Palestine]] (or any other territory), and therefore the State of Palestine failed to meet one of the main defining aspects of a real [[state]] - namely, occupying a territory.