Discuss the Oslo Accords; what was the outcome?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

• The Oslo Accords refer to a 1993 agreement between Palestinians and Israel resulting the Palestinian Authority and limited self-rule.
• Arafat, wishing to regain political control, announced that the PLO was the international voice of the Palestinians and he disavowed terrorism in 1988
• This caused the United States to begin a dialogue with the PLO resulting in an agreement to negotiate and finally the discussion of the formation of a Palestinian state in the 1993 Oslo Accords.
• On the surface it appeared that peace might actually be in the offing, but Arafat could not control the multitude of Palestinian groups.
• Several groups rejected the Oslo agreement and continued the fight.
• These included Hamas, the Palestine Popular Struggle Front, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestine Liberation Front, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, General Command.
• Arafat and Fatah took immediate control of the Palestinian Authority (PA), but opposition groups remained active for the remainder of the decade.
• The Clinton Administration brought the PA and the Israeli government together to work for a new agreement in 1998
• The purpose of the negotiation was to surrender Israeli land to the Palestinians for a guarantee of Israeli security.
• President Clinton tried to keep the dialogue going, but Arafat would not – possibly could not – seal the deal and Israeli opponents of "land for peace" were incensed.
• Everything fell apart in September 2000 when the opposition leader, Ariel Sharon, visited the Temple Mount, a site sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
• The Palestinians were incensed, and they began a second intifada marked by terrorist violence and suicide bombings.