Twenty-five years on, the Oslo Accords are dead

Joseph Dana
Sep 6, 2018 · 6 min read
Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Yasser Arafat, with former president Bill Clinton during the 1993 Oslo peace accords in Washington, DC

Next week marks the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords when then Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed an agreement outlining a timeframe for a lasting Middle Eastern peace process. In a now infamous photo, Arafat and then Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shook hands on September 13, 1993, on the lawns of the White House, overlooked by a congratulatory Bill…

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