PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat (R) shake hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (L), as U.S. President Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord, at the White House in Washington September 13, 1993 (REUTERS/Gary Hershorn).
Opinion
Oslo's 20-year Legacy of Failure Lives On
September 13, 2013, Khaled Elgindy
Despite the failure of the Oslo Accords to establish peace between Israel and Palestine, U.S. policymakers remain loyal to the agreement 20 years later. Khaled Elgindy argues that while Secretary Kerry’s approach to the recently renewed negotiations in the Middle East incorporates new elements, the current “peace process” clings to the dysfunctional framework established by Oslo and is also likely to fail.