PLO Strategists Read Theodore Herzl's Pamphlet?

The Expulsion of Hagar by Claude Lorrain

There may be a huge chance that PLO's UN Statehood bid may have been inspired by Theodore Herzl's words:

"Those Jews who agree with our idea of a State will attach themselves to the Society, which will thereby be authorised to confer and treat with Governments in the name of our people. The Society will thus be acknowledged in its relations with Governments as a State-creating power. This acknowledgement will practically create the State"

You may be thinking how absurd the whole idea is; but bear with me, please:

The PLO is a "Society (...) authorised to confer and treat with Governments in the name of [the] people", a fact reiterated by President Abbas who, in September 2012 before the UNGA, said "We (...) the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people (...)". The PLO signed the creation of the PA (Palestinian Authority), in 1994 during the Oslo Accords, a body acknowledged by the international community as "a State-creating power".
On the 29th of November 2012, the world voted for an upgrade of Palestine's UN status in the hope that this "acknowledgement will practically create the State" and even though I believe in a future Palestinian State, I suspect it won't be exactly within the expected borders - for the reason that, legally speaking, they don't even make sense (still waiting for the day when a proper legal case will be made in the legal and political arenas); but I digress...

Some may be thinking "No way Palestinians would ever read the holy book of Zionism!" but I am not sure we should underestimate the Palestinian strategists - they have proved their intelligence, versatility and cunningness; therefore, they could have read it.

Another theory could be presented, though: the lovely, cultivated, consumed with pseudo-guilt, leftist Jews used Theodore Herzl's ideas and perfidiously helped the Palestinians to fight their brethren with Zionist tools - many of you will find this theory more plausible than the first one, I'm sure. But let's assume the PLO did seek inspiration in Herzl's political pamphlet: will it work for Palestine as it worked for Israel? I am not sure it will, because Palestinian politicians are dispersed in their intents and they do not organise themselves properly - i.e. they squander the money given by international donors, instead of investing it. Theodore Herzl proposed a formula to begin forming the Jewish State:

"The plan, simple in design, but complicated in execution, will be carried out by two agencies: the Society of Jews and the Jewish Company. The Society of Jews will do the preparatory work in the domains of science and politics, which the Jewish Company will afterwards apply practically. The Jewish Company (...) will organise commerce and trade in the new country." 

This formula could've been easily applied by PLO if the Palestinian leadership had invested in education, in science, in constructive politics, in organising commerce and trade; instead of having wasted money (in organising terrorist organisations; in building schools where they train kids to be suicide-bombers; and in creating media networks to disseminate their propaganda of hate). Had they invested as they should have, they would've proven their competence in creating and administrating a nation.

The day Palestinian leaders refuse being the Jihadist puppet and focus on building a peaceful Palestinian society for its People, with no pre-conditions; then it can be said, in all certainty, that PA strategists read the Zionist Pamphlet and fully grasped its meaning:

"And whatever we attempt there to accomplish for our own welfare, will react powerfully and beneficially for the good of humanity."