Word: oslo
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...extract a political price for it. In Athens, the PA reiterated its demand that talks resume where they left off with Ehud Barak, but that's a scenario Sharon has ruled out. The Israeli leader wants to restore calm and security, but he has no interest in putting the Oslo peace process back together...
...been the peace process itself, and the possibility it created that dialogue could result in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza being replaced with a Palestinian state. That process collapsed last year at Camp David, and Sharon has refused to countenance new negotiations within the Oslo framework. Under those circumstances, it's hard to imagine Arafat finding cause to send his security forces after the Islamists. For the Palestinians peace was always inextricably linked to their political goals - it's hard to imagine any Palestinian leader opting to simply get along with Israel under the present distribution...
...When the Oslo peace process began in 1993, a cautious Yitzchak Rabin insisted that any exchange of territory for intangible promises of peace must include a provision calling for Palestinian leaders to cease from engaging in "hostile propaganda" against Jews and Israel. Toning down the rhetoric of hate was a necessary prelude to resolving all other issues. Unfortunately, Rabin's core request has never been addressed...
...Oslo agreement was signed, Arafat could be heard on Jordanian radio pledging to take back all of Palestine. Soon after, during a speech at a South African Mosque, he vowed to carry the Jihad to Jerusalem. And so the pattern continued, with one message broadcast to western media, a very different one to the Arab World. By repeatedly reinforcing the notion that compromise was not an option, the groundwork for peace was never established...
...Other elements of the Oslo accord designed to build trust were also ignored. The original PLO charter calling for the destruction of the State of Israel was never amended in writing. Terrorists who were required to be arrested and disarmed by the PA, have instead actually partnered with them in recent months. New Palestinian textbooks for grade school children released last September, which were supposed to reverse the cycle of hate, are designed to ensure its continuance. Unlike Israel's revised history curriculum that now examines portions of the recent past through Palestinian eyes, the books issued...