Original sentence: At the time, the PLO did not have control over any part of Palestine (or any other territory), and therefore the State of Palestine did not fulfill one of the typical requirements for an autonomous state - namely, being in possession of sovereign territory.The State of Palestine (Arabic: دولة فلسطين) was proclaimed on November 15, 1988 by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, in Algiers, by  a vote of 253-46, with 10 abstentions
Edited sentence: The State of Palestine (Arabic: دولة فلسطين) was proclaimed on November 15, 1988, by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, in Algeria.The declaration recognized UN General Assembly and Security Council Resolutions as a basis for territorial compromise in Palestine.Today, the 'State of Palestine' is aspired to in the Palestinian territories, which includes the area of the West Bank, the Gaza strip, and East Jerusalem