On May 4, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat reached agreement inCairo on the first stage of Palestinian self-rule.<\/p>\n
The agreement was made in accordance with the Oslo Accords, signed inWashington, D.C.on September 13, 1993. This was the first direct, face-to-face agreement betweenIsrael and the Palestinians and it acknowledged Israel\u2019s right to exist. It was also designed as a framework for future relations between the two parties.<\/p>\n
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The Gaza-Jericho agreement signed on this day in history addressed four main issues: security arrangements, civil affairs, legal matters and economic relations.It included an Israeli military withdrawal from about 60 percent of the Gaza Strip (Jewish settlements and their environs excluded) and the West Bank town of Jericho, land captured by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967. The Palestinians agreed to combat terror and prevent violence in the famous \u201cland for peace\u201d bargain. The document also included an agreement to a transfer of authority from the Israeli Civil Administration to the newly created Palestinian Authority, its jurisdiction and legislative powers, a Palestinian police force and relations betweenIsrael and the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n
The Israeli Defense Forces withdrew from Jericho on May 13 and from most of the Gaza Strip on May 18-19, 1994. Palestinian Authority police and officials immediately took control. During the first few days there was a spate of attacks on Israeli troops and civilians in and near the Strip. Arafat himself arrived in Gaza to a tumultuous, chaotic welcome on July 1.<\/p>\n
As time went on,timetables stipulated in the dealwere not met, Israel\u2019s re-deployments were slowed and new agreements were negotiated. Israeli critics of the deal claimed \u201cLand for Peace\u201d was in reality \u201cLand for Nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The momentum toward peaceful relations between Israel and the Palestinians was seriously jolted by the outbreak of the 2000 Palestinian uprising, known as \u201cSecond Intifada.\u201d Further strain was put on the process after Hamas came into power in the 2006 Palestinian elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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