Dimwits don’t know how to read English.
A little longer this time, hopefully it doesn’t short circuit your command of English
In 1988 the PLO accepted American conditions for opening a U.S.-Palestinian dialogue: rejection of
terrorism, recognition of
Israel’s right to exist, and acceptance of
United NationsSecurity Council Resolutions
242 (which called upon Arab states to accept Israel’s right “to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries”) and
338 (which called for the implementation of
Resolution 242 “in all its parts”).
With the intifada proving to be politically and economically damaging to Israel, a new Israeli government was elected in 1992 with a
mandate to negotiate for peace. In the following year secret talks between Israel and the PLO under the
auspices of the Norwegian government resulted in the Oslo Accords, a series of agreements signed in 1993–95. The accords
reiterated the PLO’s 1988 commitments, and Israel recognized the PLO as the Palestinian people’s
legitimate representative,
agreed to withdraw in stages from areas of the West Bank and Gaza, and allowed the creation of a
Palestinian Authority to govern those areas.
In 1988 the PLO accepted American conditions for opening a U.S.-Palestinian dialogue: rejection of
terrorism, recognition of Israel’s right to exist, and acceptance of
United NationsSecurity Council Resolutions
242 (which called upon Arab states to accept Israel’s right “to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries”) and
338 (which called for the implementation of
Resolution 242 “in all its parts”). With the intifada proving to be politically and economically damaging to Israel, a new Israeli government was elected in 1992 with a
mandate to negotiate for peace. In the following year secret talks between Israel and the PLO under the
auspices of the Norwegian government resulted in the Oslo Accords, a series of agreements signed in 1993–95. The accords
reiterated the PLO’s 1988 commitments, and Israel recognized the PLO as the Palestinian people’s
legitimate representative, agreed to withdraw in stages from areas of the West Bank and Gaza, and allowed the creation of a
Palestinian Authority to govern those areas.
Outstanding matters in achieving a two-state solution were to be settled over the next five years.
Twice for good measure.
Negotiations and continued violence
Just as the PLO turned to pragmatism, however, a new organization,
Hamas, headed in the opposite direction,
articulating a vision of an Islamic state in all of historical Palestine. Hamas rejected the Oslo Accords and, in a move to scuttle peace talks, initiated a series of suicide attacks against Israeli targets.
Meanwhile, Israel continued to build settlements in the occupied territories, and the Palestinians imported arms and built up their security forces, in violation of the terms of the Oslo Accords.
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