Word: oslo
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Although Israeli officials frequently claim that Israel favors this solution, Israeli government actions undermine it. Since signing the Oslo accord of 1993, the Israeli settlement population has doubled, displacing Palestinians and expropriating their land and water sources. A network of roads for the exclusive use of Israelis now connects the settlements, separating the remaining Palestinian territory into a patchwork of isolated enclaves. With the vast military and economic support of the United States, these actions place Israel on a course of permanent occupation. We believe this occupation is not only unjust and injurious to the Palestinians but also very harmful...
...that support for the jihadist violence targeting U.S. interests on the Arabian peninsula came to be redirected toward Israel. After the Oslo peace accords broke down and the second intifadeh led to spiraling violence beginning in September 2000, colossal frustration began to build in the occupied territories--and it only increased as Israel continued to demonstrate its overwhelming military advantage over the Palestinians. That encouraged the rise of movements that consider terrorism a legitimate means of resisting occupation. And indeed, suicide bombings evoke great sympathy throughout the Middle East, where their perpetrators are described as martyrs and where telethons have...
...ability to defend itself. They tend to see the continuation of a low-intensity war between Israel and the Palestinians as representing little threat to U.S. interests or regional stability, and like Sharon and Bibi Netanyahu, the Bush administration hawks tend to reject the very premise of the Oslo Accords. They have persuaded President Bush to adopt a policy that requires the remaking of Palestinian politics on terms more acceptable to the U.S. and Israel as a precondition for political dialogue. Replacing Saddam with a pro-Western leadership, some hawks suggest, could profoundly alter the current power equation throughout...
That is not to say, though, that the Israelis and Palestinians are back to where they were before Oslo. The last two years of fighting have warped both sides, exacting tolls that go beyond the monstrous body count of 607 Israelis and 1,702 Palestinians dead. For the Palestinians, even before Oslo, there was at least the faith that if they stayed true to their cause, if they refused to bend to Israel's dictate, they would one day have the elemental right to rule themselves. If they did not know precisely how they would be delivered, they at least...
...Israeli navy patrols the coast off Gaza for weapons smugglers. But it also enforces periodic closures of the sea. The Oslo accords allow Gazans to fish up to 20 miles off the coast. But during the intifadeh, the farthest the Israelis have let them go is six miles. So close to shore, Bakr says, there just aren't any fish left. The fishermen try to sneak out to where the fish are more plentiful, but the Israelis are vigilant. Usually they arrest a member of the crew for a few days and release him; sometimes they impound boats...