Lands through time
1993 Accords
Under the guidance of Norwegian Foreign Minister Johan Holst, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization negotiated secretly in Oslo a "Declaration of Principles," signed in Washington on September 13, 1993, by PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Israel agreed to eventually withdraw troops from Gaza and the West Bank, except for the city of Hebron, and to Palestinian self-rule of those areas. In accompanying "Letters of Mutual Recognition," Israel recognized the PLO as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and the PLO recognized Israel's right to exist.
Negotiations between Israel and the PLO today are based on the principles set down in the 1993 accords.
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