The Oslo Accords at 30 - Lessons Learned - Israel’s accession to

The principal reason for the PA’s behavior is its fealty to the narrative of the Palestinian struggle, which includes the goal of establishing at the end of the process a Palestinian state in the entire land west of the Jordan River. [...] This mindset was evident in the decisions of the new government’s security cabinet, both in response to the Palestinian initiatives in the international arena, particularly the appeal to the International Court (ICJ) of Justice in The Hague, and to the severe terror attacks in Jerusalem on January 27 and 28, 2023, in which seven civilians were murdered – and, in addition, on the question of evacua. [...] Indeed, the votes in the Palestinians’ favor in the United Nations, the European support, the mobilization of the American left, and the sympathetic atmosphere in parts of the Arab world, together with domestic and foreign criticism of the Israeli government in the Palestinian context, will be seen by the Palestinians, along with terror attacks, as reasons to keep believing they can achieve their. [...] Legal Status of the Territories Pending the outcome of negotiations on the permanent status of the territories, the Oslo Accords remain the only valid, agreed, legal source of authority for the division of control, powers, and responsibilities between the Palestinians and Israel over various parts of the territories. [...] Violations of the Oslo Accords In several other respects, issues regarding compliance by the Palestinians with the Oslo Accords appear to rise in several spheres: The Separate Hamas Regime in the Gaza Strip The 2007 separation of the Gaza Strip from the main body of the Palestinian Authority and the creation of a separate Hamas regime in Gaza, thereby fragmenting the Palestinian leadership, were s.