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PLO leader Yasser Arafat calls for Palestinian state at UN 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)


Video: 'Yasser Arafat's Speech at the UN General Assembly Olive Branch Speech'

(Wednesday, November 13, 1974, 11:40 a.m. EST) — Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat addressed the U.N. General Assembly, the first representative of a non-governmental entity to do so, calling for creation of a Palestinian state in which Muslims, Jews and Christians could live in peace. Continue reading PLO leader Yasser Arafat calls for Palestinian state at UN 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)