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1994
Rabin and Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule
On May 4, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO
Chairman Yasser Arafat reached agreement in Cairo on the first
stage of Palestinian self-rule.
The agreement was made in accordance with the Oslo Accords,
signed in Washington, D.C.on September 13, 1993. This was the
first direct, face-to-face agreement between Israel and the
Palestinians and it acknowledged Israel's right to exist. It was
also designed as a framework for future relations between the two
parties.
The Gaza-Jericho agreement signed on this day in history
addressed four main issues: security arrangements, civil affairs,
legal matters and economic relations.It included an Israeli
military withdrawal from about 60 percent of the Gaza Strip
(Jewish settlements and their environs excluded) and the West
Bank town of Jericho, land captured by Israel during the Six-Day
War of 1967. The Palestinians agreed to combat terror and prevent
violence in the famous "land for peace" bargain. The document
also included an agreement to a transfer of authority from the
Israeli Civil Administration to the newly created Palestinian
Authority, its jurisdiction and legislative powers, a Palestinian
police force and relations between Israel and the Palestinian
Authority.
The Israeli Defense Forces withdrew from Jericho on May 13 and
from most of the Gaza Strip on May 18-19, 1994. Palestinian
Authority police and officials immediately took control. During
the first few days there was a spate of attacks on Israeli troops
and civilians in and near the Strip. Arafat himself arrived in
Gaza to a tumultuous, chaotic welcome on July 1.
As time went on,timetables stipulated in the deal were not met,
Israel's re-deployments were slowed and new agreements were
negotiated. Israeli critics of the deal claimed "Land for Peace"
was in reality "Land for Nothing."
The momentum toward peaceful relations between Israel and the
Palestinians was seriously jolted by the outbreak of the 2000
Palestinian uprising, known as "Second Intifada." Further strain
was put on the process after Hamas came into power in the 2006
Palestinian elections.
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