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Agreements
Accords and Negotiations
Wye River Agreement, October 1998
President Clinton sits between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (far left) and Israeli President Binyamin Netanyahu as they sign the Wye River accord. (Reuters)
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President Clinton convened meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Wye River Conference Center in Maryland. Extended negotiations produced an interim accord committing the two sides to exchange land and power for concrete steps to secure Israel from political violence.
The main highlights of the deal:
Pullback: In three stages over three months, Israel will pull back from 13 percent of the occupied parts of the West Bank. Israel will also hand over 14 percent of jointly controlled West Bank land to Palestinians.
Security: Palestinians will arrest and confine 30 terrorism suspects wanted by Israel, and confiscate any illegal weapons. Israel agreed to release 750 Palestinian prisoners (250 a month for three months).
PLO Charter: Palestinians will delete 26 clauses calling for the destruction of Israel from the PLO charter.
Commerce and Free Passage: Israel will create two transport corridors between Gaza and the West Bank. Israel will also open a Palestinian airport in Gaza and an industrial zone on the border between Gaza and Israel.
Full text and audio of the Wye River Agreement
Second Implementation Accord, January 1997
A second implementation accord signed in January 1997 provides for:
Immediate Israeli withdrawal from most of Hebron; incremental withdrawal from West Bank villages already under Palestinian authority and some rural areas by mid-1998.
Review the text of the Second Implementation Accord.
Implementation Accord, September 1995
Accord signed in September 1995 between Israeli and PLO leaders provides for:
Immediate withdrawal from more West Bank towns: Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilyah, Ramallah and Tulkarm and 450 villages in late 1995, in stages following the election of a Palestinian council.
Israel to remain in control in Jewish settlements and military installations.
Status of the town of Hebron, home of a group of vocal Jewish settlers, left for later negotiations.
Talks on the final status of Jerusalem and the West Bank and Gaza starting in spring of 1996, an accord due to be reached no later than May 1999. Only one pro-forma session has been held so far.
Review the text of the Implementation Accord (Scroll down to September 28, 1995).
Oslo Accord, September 1993
The Declaration of Principles signed by Israeli and PLO leaders, below, on Sept. 13, 1993, followed a two-year Palestinian uprising in the West Bank. The accord includes these main provisions:
Five-year transition period beginning with Israeli troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Jericho and culminating in transfer of authority in most of the rest of the West Bank "in all matters except for foreign relations, defense and other mutually agreed matters" to "authorized Palestinians."
Creation of a Palestinian police force.
Elections to be held for a Palestinian authority.
Continued Israeli withdrawal from villages in the West Bank.
The final status of the Palestinian entity and Jerusalem to be negotiated later.
Review documents and maps related to the Oslo Peace Process.
Camp David, September 1978
President Jimmy Carter brings together President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel at Camp David in September 1978. The two former foes sign a peace treaty in 1979, ending a 31-year state of war between the two nations, below. Two years later, Sadat is assassinated by radical Muslims opposed to the peace accord.
Review the text of the Camp David Accords.
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