Old Conflict, New War

Ben‐Eliezer, Uri

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“…52 According to another poll, 52 percent of the public supported the agreement while 35 percent were against it. 53 Similarly, reports on the population's response to the agreement, a further indication of the public mood, lacked uniformity. Research by Mark Tessler claims that the response was a jubilant one, as he wrote that "Palestinians celebrated throughout the West Bank and Gaza, flying flags that had previously been banned and displaying T-shirts and posters with pictures of Yasir Arafat over slogans calling for peace."…”

Section: Public Reaction To the Oslo Accordsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite Peres' desire to further the implementation of the 1993 accords, the peace process received a further setback in late February and March 1996, when a series of terrorist attacks by Hamas and Islamic Jihad against Israelis challenged the objectives of the "generation of peace." 160 The terrorist attacks countered expectations of a long-term security and welfare that would coincide with the peace processa failure which proved one of the great challenges for Labor's election campaign in 1996. 161 The crux of the electoral debate centered on the 1993 Oslo Accords and Labor's "land for peace" approach.…”

Section: Doves and Hawks: Confronting The Peace Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…167 Netanyahu, in the words of Ben-Eliezer, did everything he could to slow down the Oslo process and avoid honoring Israel's commitments by stalling the promised redeployment from Hebron. 168 In late September 1996, the hawkish policies of the Netanyahu government led to a direct confrontation between the Israeli army and armed Palestinian police, providing a further challenge to the security cooperation envisaged in the Oslo Accords. The Israeli prime minister had secretly arranged for the opening of a secret tunnel connecting the Western Wall Plaza with the Muslim Quarter, where the al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock mosques are located.…”

Section: Doves and Hawks: Confronting The Peace Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With the election of Barak, a former chief of general staff, the IDF took on a more central role in Israeli politics and the peace process. 178 Indeed, Brigadier General Zvi Fogel, the chief of staff of the Southern Command at the time, noted that with the building of army strongholds in Gaza, "the IDF set in motion an irreversible process that would culminate in a collision with the Palestinians." 179 At the same time, Ben-Eliezer points out that the IDF continued to humiliate the Palestinians in everyday life, particularly at checkpoints.…”

Section: Doves and Hawks: Confronting The Peace Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other side, the number of Israeli deaths amounted to 1,200 and about 8,000 were wounded. 223 The disparity in numbers was discussed in various contemporaneous reports. The aforementioned Mitchell report, for instance, found that the IDF had used excessive and lethal force against unarmed civilians, further stating that there was "no evidence on which to conclude that … the Government of Israel made a consistent effort to use non-lethal means to control demonstrations of unarmed Palestinians."…”

Section: The Second Intifadahmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Tale of Two Narratives

Wermenbol

2021

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As this book goes to print, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is moribund. The post-Oslo period in which this study is situated thus both refers to the buoyancy of a potential reconciliation in the immediate wake of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords and the subsequent demise of a viable two-state solution. As evidenced in the paragraphs below, perceptions of the formulation of the Oslo Accords and, more importantly, their key successes and failures will largely depend on the party under examination, making the peace agreementsimilarly to other historical eventsa subject of narrative dissent. Rather than provide the reconciliatory framework and confidence-building measures to address past grievances, as was intended through the interim nature of the 1993 agreement, the post-Oslo period therefore witnessed an ongoing irreconcilability of key narratives. This chapter offers both a holistic understanding of the political and societal impact of these historic accords and an overview of the key events that were influenced byand affectedsubsequent implementation and interpretations of the Oslo peace agreements. The events highlighted in this chapter do not provide an exhaustive analysis of Israeli-Jewish or Palestinian politics in the post-Oslo era; however, they do seek to render formative insights into the societal underpinnings that explain the rise and persistence of exclusionary identity politics that form the main interest of this work. The Declaration of PrinciplesOn September 13, 1993, United States President Bill Clinton presided over one of the most famous handshakes in modern history. On the White House lawn, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat were determinedly ushered towards one another by the American president. The "dramatic

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Section: Public Reaction To the Oslo Accordsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Doves and Hawks: Confronting The Peace Processmentioning

confidence: 99%