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Palestinians accuse Israel of sabotage and threaten to cancel Oslo Accords

September 20, 2012 11:26

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Ben Hartman,

Ben Hartman

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The Palestinian Authority is considering cancelling the 1993 Oslo Accords because Israel is sabotaging the peace process, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said this week.

Mr Erekat’s statement came days after it was reported that PA President Mahmoud Abbas had proposed cancelling the Oslo agreement during a meeting held in Ramallah over the weekend, and that the Palestinian leadership will make a decision on the matter after Mr Abbas returns from the UN General Assembly later in September.

Signed by Israel and the PLO in 1993, the Oslo Accords created an interim Palestinian government and were meant to last for five years until a final status deal and peace agreement could be reached.

Numan Kanafani, research director at the Palestinian Economic Policy Research Institute in Ramallah, said that Mr Erekat’s statement was partly a reaction to the recent cost-of-living protests in the West Bank, and partly a response to anger over the Paris Protocol signed between Israel and the PA in 1994.

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