Despite the fact that the state of Palestine is partially recognized, residents of the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank celebrate Palestine's Independence Day on November 15 in Israel annually.
The UN plan for the partition of Palestine, which determined the end of the British mandate in the Land of Israel and the creation of two independent states in its territory - Jewish and Arab, was adopted on November 29, 1947. However, the Arab community rejected the plan, which led to the Arab-Israeli War of 1949-1947. In Israel it is called the "war of independence", among Arabs as "catastrophe" or Nakba.
In 1964, the Palestine Liberation Organization - PLO was established. In 1968, his program document, the Palestine Charter, was adopted in Cairo. The treaty stipulated the annihilation of Israel and the establishment of an independent Arab state in its territory. The highest deliberative body of the PLO was the Palestinian National Council.
At the meeting of the Palestinian National Council in Algeria on November 15, 1988, the State of Palestine was declared by a majority vote. At the same time, the PLO had no control over the territories they claimed. As of December 2012, the State of Palestine was recognized by 132 member states of the United Nations, however, due to failure to fulfill a number of requirements, Palestine cannot be considered an independent sovereign state.