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October 02, 2010 "Information Clearing House" --  On November
15, 1988 the Palestine National Council (P.N.C.) meeting in Algiers
proclaimed the Palestinian Declaration of Independence that created the
independent state of Palestine. Today the State of Palestine is
bilaterally recognized de jure by about 130 states. Palestine has de
facto diplomatic recognition from most of Europe. It was only massive
political pressure applied by the U.S. government that prevented
European states from according to Palestine de jure diplomatic
recognition.

Palestine is a
member state of the League of Arab States and of the Islamic Conference
Organization. When the International Court of Justice in The Hague—the
so-called World Court of the United Nations System—conducted its legal
proceedings on Israel’s apartheid wall on the West Bank, the World Court
invited the State of Palestine to participate in the proceedings.  In
other words, the International Court of Justice recognized the State of
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