Reflections: 1993 to 2013

Why is there still no final-status agreement, and what lessons does Oslo hold for the conflict's resolution?
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Background

Oslo explained

In 1993, Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed an agreement to resolve their conflict peacefully. Why did it fail?

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Israel
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Palestine

Israeli settlements: A photo history

The illegal settlements have fueled tensions for more than four decades

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Israel
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Palestine

Analysis

Analysis: Israelis not ready for two-state solution

Israelis are 'in love' with the idea of a peace deal but unwilling to make compromises

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Israel
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Diplomacy

Analysis: Palestinians see peace process as ‘doomed experiment’

A return to talks is a smokescreen for Israel€’s expansion of settlements, Palestinians say

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International
Middle East
Palestine

Featured

Can Kerry Finish What Oslo Started?

New Israeli-Palestinian talks began this summer under a cloud of skepticism

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Israel
John Kerry
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Oslo's 20-year legacy of failure lives on

Analysis: An agreement to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has instead established a new format of occupation

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Israel
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Palestine

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Oslo marked a breakthrough in mutual acknowledgement by Israelis and Palestinians of the national identity of the other. It recentered the Palestinian story from a refugee population and military assets scattered across a diffuse diaspora to the putative state of Palestine.

-- Aaron David Miller

The main lesson is that the peace process was used as political cover for a process that was the opposite of peace. And the same mistake is being repeated now.

-- Moustafa Barghouti

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