FACT CHECK · PALESTINE NAME AND IDENTITY
Claim: Was 'Palestine' ever a state?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Not before 1988: a region under Ottoman, then British rule over Jews and Arabs alike. First declared Palestinian state: Algiers, 15 Nov 1988 (PNC, Arafat); Gaza's 1948 'government' was dissolved
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Palestinian Declaration of Independence (15 Nov 1988); JTA 24 Apr 1950; Khalidi 1997
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