Volume 39, September, 1993 International, Page 39658
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Sep 1993 - Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement
Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed a historic peace agreement in Sept. 13.
The accord, preceded by agreement on mutual recognition, followed months of secret Israeli-PLO negotiations brokered by the Norwegian government. It provided for an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho and the handover of the two areas to full Palestinian authority, and a lesser degree of self-rule in the rest of the West Bank.
While being widely hailed as a major breakthrough by most countries, the agreement was greeted with hostility and scepticism by many Palestinians and Israelis. The agreement triggered substantial progress in negotiations between Israel and Jordan and acted as a catalyst for developments in Israel's relations with other Arab countries. However, the agreement appeared to have little impact on Israel's negotiations with Syria and Lebanon which remained deadlocked.
It was announced ...

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