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 All-Palestine National Council convened on 1 October 1948, at the al-Fallah al-Islamiyah School, a building that belonged to the Muslim Waqf.
[1] The others could not attend because of the Jordanian and Iraqi armies refused to permit delegates who resided in areas under their control.
[1] The PNC continued in session through 2-3 October, and came to an end after passing a number of resolutions, including the adoption of the Sharifian flag of 1916, declaration of Jerusalem as the capital, general mobilization.
In 1962, during the Egyptian military occupation of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Legislative Council was established, which replaced the PNC, disbanded several years earlier.