Oslo accords

Israel creeps toward West Bank annexation as election season approaches - opinion

The de facto annexation of the West Bank is the natural byproduct of a political system where words are cheap and real power operates without transparency.

A Palestinian man walks past a fence decorated with Israeli flags installed by Jewish settlers in the northern West Bank. The de facto annexation of the West Bank is the natural byproduct of a political system where words are cheap and real power operates without transparency, the writer says.
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026.

Smotrich announces intention to abolish Oslo Accords, dismantle PA during next term

ISRAELI SECURITY forces guard while bulldozers demolish a Palestinian building in the West Bank, on Wednesday.

When Judea and Samaria become Israel, democracy pays the price - opinion

Gil Haskel welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken he arrives in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 22, 2024.

'We miss the bigger picture': Meet the diplomat who greets the world on Israel's behalf


Netanyahu to boycott Rabin memorial ceremony in first for prime minister - report

This will mark the first time a sitting prime minister has chosen not to attend the Rabin memorial ceremony. 

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin, in 2019. Similar to Netanyahu, Rabin didn’t support the establishment of a Palestinian state, rather of a ‘minus-state.’

Oslo Accord: Origins, goals, flaws of the Israel-Palestinian peace plan

One of the architects of the Oslo Accords tells The Jerusalem Post about its origins, its aspirations, and its flaws

 YAIR HIRSCHFELD: ‘We followed the teachings of David Ben-Gurion who knew that, in order to maintain the Jewish and democratic identity of Israel, the partition of the territory of British Mandatory Palestine is essential.’

The Right vilifies Oslo, but has never offered an alternative - opinion

There is a lot that can be written today – 30 years later – about the Oslo Accords, whether they were misguided, an example of political naïveté or the right vision, but it misses the main point.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with PA head Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral of Shimon Peres, in Jerusalem, 2016. The Oslo process has been continued by every government including by Benjamin Netanyahu, says the writer.

New Nakba: Oslo led to Israeli apartheid over occupied Palestinians - opinion

The Oslo Accords have failed miserably to provide Palestinians and Israelis with a clear road map and it's time for the sides to decide either to renegotiate or divorce.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin, then-US President Bill Clinton and then-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat wave after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House, 1993

The Oslo Accords: Not a total failure - opinion

The Oslo Accord was signed 30 years ago this month between Israel and the PLO, and while it has not brought about peace, it has saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives.

YITZHAK RABIN, Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres in the movie ‘The Oslo Diaries,’ about the attempt to bring peace to the Middle East through the Oslo Accords during the 1990s.

On This Day: Israel, Palestinians sign Oslo I Accord 30 years ago

The signing of the Oslo Accords was a historic moment that is seen by many as the closest to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but is ultimately remembered as a failure.

US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton watches prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing the Oslo I Accord, at the White House in Washington on September 13, 1993.

Despite its failure Oslo process contributed to our national security - opinion

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin, in 2019. Similar to Netanyahu, Rabin didn’t support the establishment of a Palestinian state, rather of a ‘minus-state.’

Jewish people have always desired peace with all their neighbors - opinion

Thousands of Israelis died because the risk of the Oslo Peace Accords didn’t pan out, and its failure unleashed waves of terror Israelis are still falling victims to until today.

 YITZHAK RABIN knew of the likely failure of the Oslo Accords and the high price failure could bring, but on the small chance it could work, couldn’t pass on the opportunity to make peace, says the writer.

Oslo is dead: A Palestinian state will never exist - opinion

Thirty years on, we can say with confidence that Oslo and everything that it stood for is dead. Rather than trying to revive it, we would do well to offer it a fitting eulogy.

US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton watches prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing the Oslo I Accord, at the White House in Washington on September 13, 1993.

Guns everywhere: Israel's military leadership created a deadly Wild West - opinion

I blame Israeli military leaders going back 3 decades who not only soft-pedaled the dangers of Oslo, but also promised Israelis a demilitarized West Bank and Gaza under all political circumstances.

 FATAH MEMBERS carry their weapons during a military parade at the Askar refugee camp, on the outskirts of Nablus, in July.