ALBAWABA - The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation is discussing today, Sunday, a draft law that would cancel the Oslo Accords and ban the establishment of a Palestinian state.
This draft law comes amid escalating political tensions within the government in Israel that are reigniting debate over the 1993 agreement signed with the Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel's Channel 12 reported.
According to the Israeli channel, the draft law was submitted by Knesset Deputy Speaker Limor Son-Har Melech, who believes that the Oslo Accords "did not achieve peace, but rather led to an escalation of violence and terrorism," adding that the time has come for what she said was a "national rectification."
US President Bill Clinton (C) stands between PLO leader Yasser Arafat (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin (L) as they shake hands for the first time, on September 13, 1993 at the White House in Washington DC, after signing the historic Israel-PLO Oslo Accords on Palestinian autonomy in the occupied territories. (Photo by J. DAVID AKE / AFP)
What are the Oslo Accords?
The Oslo Accords (1993–1995) are a pair of interim agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) that established a peace process intended to achieve a two-state solution and lasting peace.
- Oslo I: It was agreed in Washington, the U.S., in 1993 and is known as the "Declaration of Principles" (DOP). The PLO renounced terrorism, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
- Oslo II: Signed in 1995 in Taba, Egypt, this agreement expanded Palestinian self-rule and divided the West Bank into three temporary administrative zones (Areas A, B, and C).
