Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Palestine has threatened to withdraw from key provisions of the Oslo Accords.
(2) Oslo Accords are a series of agreements between Israel and the Palestinians signed in the 1990s.
Choose the correct one:
(a) Only (1)
(b) Only (2)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Palestine has threatened to withdraw from key provisions of the Oslo Accords if the US announces its Middle East Peace Plan.
- It is being said that the plan will turn Israel’s temporary occupation of Palestinian territory into a permanent occupation.
Oslo Accords:
- Oslo Accords are a series of agreements between Israel and the Palestinians signed in the 1990s.
Oslo I (1993):
- It is formally known as the Declaration of Principles (DOP). The pact established a timetable for the Middle East peace process. It planned for an interim Palestinian government in Gaza and Jericho in the West Bank.
Oslo II(1995):
- It is officially called the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza (1995), expanded on Oslo I.
- It included provisions for the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from six West Bank cities and about 450 towns.
- Additionally, the pact set a timetable for elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council.
- The interim pact was only supposed to last five years while a permanent agreement was finalised but it has tacitly been rolled over for more than two decades.
- The question of Jerusalem was left undecided under the Oslo Accords.
Links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/palestinians-threaten-quit-oslo-accords-trump-peace-plan-200126153012929.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/palestinians-threaten-to-quit-oslo-peace-accord/article30659494.ece