All-Palestine National Council

The All-Palestine National Council, officially Palestinian National Council (PNC). was the legislative body of the All-Palestine Protectorate convened in Gaza on 1 October 1948, under the chairmanship of Amin al-Husayni. The Council passed a series of resolutions culminating on 3 October with a declaration of independence and claimed jurisdiction over the whole of the former Mandatory Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital. The formation of the All-Palestine Protectorate had been declared by Egypt on 22 September.

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