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Conflict Insight

Why did the hope for peace associated with the Oslo process unravel so quickly?

How to cite this journal: Author, Date of the post, WMO Conflict Insight, Title of the post, ISSN: 2628 6998, https://worldmediation.org/journal/ ABSTRACT * This article examines why the Oslo Accords failed to produce the peace they promised, arguing that the design of the agreements was itself the principal cause. Three obstacles are examined. The first is settlement expansion, which continued throughout the process, with the settler population in the occupied territories rising substantially even under the government that signed the accords. The second concerns the narrow basis of the negotiations,

conducted with a small circle around Yasser Arafat, and the deportation of Hamas activists to Lebanon, which the…

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Withdraw from Contract / Vertrag widerrufen