Oslo Accords

The history of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is as tumultuous and complicated as the conflict itself. In his article “From Oslo to Taba: What Went Wrong?” Ron Pundak breaks down the underlying reasons of the failure of the Oslo Accords, Camp David and The Taba Summit. The main premise of his argument was that peace, or a pathway to peace, were squandered by mismanagement and miscalculation of the entire process by Israeli, the United States, and the Palestinian Authority. Although his…

After the creation of the State of Israel and the displacement of thousands of people who lost their homes, the Palestinian nationalist movement began to regroup in the West Bank and Gaza, controlled by Jordan and Egypt, respectively, and in the refugee camps set up in other Arab countries. Shortly before the 1967 war, Palestinian organizations such as Fatah, led by Yasser Arafat formed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and launched operations against Israel, first from Jordan and then…

cited in 2002 that: "There are currently about 30 terrorist attacks per day in this tiny country of 5.2 million Jews. What if there were 30 terrorist attacks per day in Chicago or Los Angeles or Paris or London?" (“War” n. pag.). The Camp David Accords since the 1978 signing did not help in the Middle East, as stated in a study of Israeli terrorist attacks in 2002. U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, wished to help with Middle Eastern peace but everything he tried did not help. To help with the…

1995 and was assassinated because he was responsible for a peace initiative between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, also known as the Oslo Accords. Rabin was murdered because of a nationalist who believed that withdrawing from any “Jewish” land was heresy and opposed the peace initiative. Rabin’s death came as a shock. The Oslo Accords were supposed to resolve the long conflict of the Israelis and the Palestinians but instead, it led to the death of an important leader. Rabin’s…

The center of the world with its essential oil production, controversial religious conflicts, and elaborate history, the Middle East is the often overlooked heart of world affairs. The ongoing disputes in Southwest Asia are a result of a combination of misinformation, indifference, and contrasts. Both Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews believe they have a claim to the holy land of Palestine. Partitioning after WWI leaves the land divided into political states containing opposing beliefs,…

important as following one’s own principles and moral judgement. If the law is inhumane, one does not have to follow it. Moshe Feiglin, an Israeli activist, backs this same concept. In the 1990s, Israelis and Palestinians began negotiating the Oslo Accords, which could potentially concede parts of Israel to Palestine. Feiglin, who was against the concession, protested through nonviolent civil disobedience, including blocking roads and heckling the Israeli Prime minister before foreign…

Part of the peace process that began in 1991 required an investigation on the killings of civilians, particularly the supposed genocide that had taken place with the purpose of eliminating the Mayan population. Through the Accord of Oslo on June 23, 1994, the United Nations with the cooperation of the Government of the Republic of Guatemala formed the Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) in order to “clarify with objectivity, equity and impartiality” the acts of violence and potential…

The situation on the ground, however, tells a different story as decades of futile negotiations that produced a number of elaborate agreements and initiatives ranging from the Oslo Accord in 1991, the Beirut summit in 2000, the Roadmap for peace in 2002, to Israeli–Palestinian talks in 2007 and 2009. None has culminated in addressing the pressing issues argued by both sides. I do not think that their demise could be attributed to…

intervening in sovereign state affairs, and international diplomacy. These global pursuits are reflected in the American involvement of Middle Eastern affairs, as made evident in both the Oslo Accords of 1993, and Camp David I. The Oslo Accords set the precedent for the meetings to follow at Camp David. The Camp David Accords of 1978 have led to the beginnings of peace between Israel and Egypt, although it has failed to create any settlements in regards to the Palestinian issue. The partial…

attempt in peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict was in 1993, where the prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, shook hands in the white house with a Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat. They shook hands on the Oslo accords and this handshake was considered as a resemblance of peace. The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. This was considered the peace process and they were presented with men of the year awards and the Nobel…