THREAD: Today marks 28 years since the #OsloAccords, and Palestinians have gotten nothing but fewer rights, more settler land theft, and more Israeli violence. The "peace process" was a sham. Here’s how:
In an effort to quell the first intifada, the 1988 Palestinian uprising demanding freedom, the Israeli government entered into a series of agreements with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) known as the Oslo Accords, thereby launching the so-called “peace process.”
The Oslo Accords established the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a constrained Palestinian “government” under ultimate Israeli rule, divided the West Bank into areas A, B, & C, all under varying levels of Israeli control, and fragmented Palestinians throughout historic Palestine.
Oslo was supposed to gradually end Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, in accordance with international law. But Israel used Oslo to do the exact opposite: it solidified its occupation of the Palestinian territories & expanded illegal settlements.
Oslo was meant to be temporary, serving only as a placeholder until "permanent status negotiations" could lead to a lasting peace agreement. Critical issues like the right of return of refugees, Jerusalem, settlements, and Palestinian sovereignty were not on the table.
But Israel never negotiated in good faith, and insisted on denying Palestinians their basic rights on all "final status" issues, using its military might to keep Palestinians under permanent occupation and apartheid, thereby collapsing the charade of “peace negotiations.”
Given that Israel designed the Oslo Accords to expand its oppression under the false pretense of “peace,” many Palestinians are demanding the abandonment of the entire Oslo framework. This includes ending PA security cooperation with the brutal Israeli occupation.
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