Part of: GS Prelims and GS Mains III – International Affairs
Context: The Oslo peace accords of the 1990s gave the Palestinians self-rule in parts of the West Bank.
About:
Oslo Accords are a series of agreements between Israel and the Palestinians signed in the 1990s.
Oslo I (1993) formally known as the Declaration of Principles (DOP) established a timetable for the Middle East peace process. It planned for an interim Palestinian government in Gaza and Jericho in the West Bank.
Oslo II officially called the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza (1995), expanded on Oslo I.
Oslo II included –
Provisions for the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from six West Bank cities and about 450 towns.
Timetable for elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council.
The interim pact was only supposed to last five years while a permanent agreement was finalised but it has tacitly been rolled over for more than two decades.
The question of Jerusalem was left undecided under the Oslo Accords
