Question
When were the oslo accords signed?
Answer
On both sides there were fears of the other side's intentions. Israelis suspected that the Palestinians were not sincere in their desire to reach peace and coexistence with Israel, but relate to that as part of the Ten Point Program (which is called in Israel Tokhnit HaSHlavim or Torat HaSHlavim). For evidence they brought statements of Arafat's in Palestinian forums in which he compared the accord to the Khodeyba agreement that the prophet Muhammad signed with the sons of the tribe of Quraish. Those statements could be understood also as an attempt to justify the signing of the accords in accordance with historical-religious precedent. After the signing of the agreements Israeli settlement expansion accelerated to five times its original rate, leading to frustration amongst many Palestinians and a general distrust of the accords and of Israeli intentions. The Israeli's trust in the accords was undermined by the fact that after the signing of the accords the terrorist attacks against Israel did not cease and even intensified, which could be explained as an attempt by the terror organizations to thwart the peace process. Others believed that the Palestinian Authority had no interest in ceasing these attacks and was instead endorsing them. Hundreds of Israeli civilians died in attacks by suicide bombers and others by Palestinian organizations during the time of the Oslo Accords. Important sections of the Israeli public opposed the process; notably, the Jewish settlers feared that it would lead to them losing their homes. This process eventually resulted in the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by the Israeli right wing activist Yigal Amir.
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