Page 14 - Oslo Process News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Here’s an article in Ha’aretz describing concerns about Israeli national security and foreign policy officials about the extent of damage to the country’s…

Make things worse. >> something brought up earlier today the handshake between yasser arafat and rabin on the front of the white house lawn in 1993 in this big to-do with president clinton, big deal between the palestinians and zerld israelis. we've had multiple interfatahs since then and there's quite a lot of tumult and unrest all around the middle east. >> well, katy, i would say that since 1993, we have an understanding of what the substance of an agreement would be through what we call the oslo process. what we have not seen over the past 25 years is the political will on all sides, but p...

But we can not, in good conscience do nothing and say nothing when we see the hope of peace slipping away. this is a time to stand up for what is right. we have long known what two states living side by side in peace and security looks like. we should not be afraid to say so. now i really began to reflect on what we have learned and the way ahead when i recently joined president obama in jerusalem, for the state funeral for shimoç peres. he was one of the founding fathers of israel who became one of the world's great elder statesmen. a beautiful man. i was proud to call him my friend and i kn...

Ending the conflict. it has been more than 20 years since israel and the plo signed their first agreement. the oslo accords, and the plo formally recognized israel. both sides committed to a plan to transition much of theç west bank and gaza to palestinian control during permanent negotiations that would put an end to their conflict. unfortunately neither the transition, nor the final agreement came about. both sides bear responsibility for that. finally, some 15 years ago, king abdullah of saudi arabia came out with a historic arab peace initiative which offered fully normalized relations w...

Separation now in a serious way could make a significant difference in saving the two-state solution, and building confidence in the citizens of both sides. that peace is indeed possible. and much progress can be made in advance of negotiations, that can lay the foundation for negotiations as contemplated by the oslo process. inç fact, these steps will help create the conditions for successful talks. now in the end we all understand that a final status agreement can only be achieved through direct negotiations between the parties. we've said that again and again. we can not impose the peace....