RAMALLAH: Today marks the 38th anniversary of the declaration of the State of Palestine, proclaimed by late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Algiers on Nov 15, 1988, Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
"In the name of God and in the name of the Palestinian Arab people, the National Council declares the creation of the State of Palestine on our Palestinian land, with noble Jerusalem as its capital," Arafat announced during a meeting of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the Palestine Liberation Organisation's (PLO) parliament-in-exile, held in the Algerian capital.
The Palestinian Declaration of Independence, read by Arafat, was written by renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
