Oslo Accords

About the Oslo Accords

Secret Norwegian channel produced mutual recognition, Israel of the PLO, PLO of Israel, renouncing terror, and a five year interim self rule, Palestinian Authority, phased withdrawal, final status talks deferred, Jerusalem, refugees, settlements. Rabin and Arafat Washington handshake, Nobel Prize with Peres. Suicide bombings, settlements continued, Hebron massacre, and Rabin assassination 1995 undermined it. Camp David 2000 collapse and intifada ended Oslo era, its institutions remain.