Oslo Peace Process
Carlos Tamagnini “The Oslo Peace Process” Details of the Oslo Peace Process On September 13, 1993 representatives of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed the "Declaration of Principles On Interim Self-Government Arrangements", a document also known as the "Oslo Accords". ... The Oslo Accords contain a set of mutually agreed-upon general principles regarding a five year interim period of Palestinian self-rule. ... The main points of the Oslo Accords (or Declaration of Principles = DOP): 1. ... The letter says specifically that: · The PLO recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security. · The PLO accepts United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 · The PLO commits itself to the Middle East peace process. ... Israel has decided to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people and commence negotiations with the PLO within the Middle East peace process" Why did the Oslo Peace Process fail and what can be done to achieve peace in the Middle East? There are a variety of opinions and ideas on why the "Declaration of Principles On Interim Self-Government Arrangements", more commonly known as the Oslo Peace Process signed in 1993, failed and never came to work. Some critics blamed the press, claiming that the peace accords were “over-hyped” by the international media. The international community saw in the Oslo accords a brilliant solution that would quickly satisfy both the Israeli and Palestinian community. Instead, Oslo brought the Palestinians poverty, suicide factories and militant Islamic radicalisation while the Israelis have continued to violate international law by continuing to expropriate Palestinian land and at the same time suffering from terrorisms toll of 854 murders and 5,051 injuries, plus an assortment of economic and diplomatic losses. There is a general opinion that states that Israel never honoured the Oslo Accords. ... The coming to power in mid-1996 of Binyamin Netanyahu, in the viewpoint of many, basically halted the Oslo peace process. ... It is of the opinion of many journalists and individuals that the entire Oslo peace process, which many date back to the start of the Madrid conference in 1991, has had one aim; the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all those territories as a first step towards the establishments of peace and stability in the region. However, the failure of the Oslo accords to finalize borders from which Israeli forces are to withdraw is what many consider to be another major defect of the agreements.