Oslo Accords

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/oslo-accords

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the years of signing?Oslo I signed in 1993; Oslo II signed in 1995
2. What is the location of secret negotiations?Oslo, Norway
3. Who signed the Oslo Accords?Israeli officials led by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the PLO led by Yasser Arafat signed the accords.
4. What did the Oslo Accords do for Palestinians?They created the Palestinian Authority, which could run some parts of the West Bank and Gaza and help manage everyday life.

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): The primary representative organization of the Palestinian people, seeking statehood and self-determination.
Palestinian Authority (PA): An administrative entity established by the Oslo Accords to govern Palestinian territories.
Interim Agreements: Temporary accords designed to facilitate a phased approach to peace negotiations.
Final Status Issues: The most contentious and unresolved aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, subject to final negotiation.