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The PLO recognized Israel's right to exist in peace, renounced Palestinian militancy and terrorism, and accepted UNSC Resolution 242 and UNSC Resolution 338. Israel recognized the PLO as a legitimate authority representing the Palestinian people and agreed to commence comprehensive negotiations for the Israeli–Palestinian peace process.
The 1988 declaration does not explicitly recognize the State of Israel. However, an accompanying document [ 8 ] that explicitly mentions UN Security Council Resolution 242 , and Yasser Arafat 's statements in Geneva a month later [ 9 ] were accepted by the United States as sufficient to interpret the declaration as recognising Israel in its pre ...
In 1993, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat recognized the State of Israel in an official letter to its prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin. In response to Arafat's letter, Israel decided to revise its stance toward the PLO and to recognize the organization as the representative of the Palestinian people. [88] [89] This led to the signing of the Oslo Accords ...
But tensions remained, and the Rejectionist Front or similar initiatives were revived virtually every time Arafat made a conciliatory gesture towards Israel. The most serious rift was in 1988, when the PLO recognized Israel, and most of the left-wing of the PLO again left, backed by Syria. [citation needed]
The resolution affirms principles for the achievement of comprehensive peace: withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, and from the other occupied Arab territories; security of all States in the region, including those named in resolution 181, within secure and internationally recognized boundaries ...
The Oslo Accords are a pair of interim agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; [1] and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Taba, Egypt, in 1995. [2]
Nixon ultimately supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, a key moment that may have saved the country. “Most historians of that region think that the US munitions support was ...
In 1988 the Palestine Liberation Organization accepted the existence of the state of Israel. [19] [20] Following the Oslo I Accord in 1993, the Palestinian Authority and Israel conditionally recognized each other's right to govern specific areas of the country. This boosted Israel's legal authority and legitimacy on the international stage. [21]