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Israel–Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition

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Israel–Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition (or Israel-PLO Recognition or Letters of Mutual Recognition) were a series of official letters of recognition between the government of Israel and its Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestine Liberation Organization's Chairman Yasser Arafat dated September 9, 1993. The letters set the stage for, and were in reality the "preamble" to, the Oslo Accords ("Declaration of Principles On Interim Self-Government Arrangements") of September 13, 1993.

Contents

Three letters

There were in fact three letters, with the main points, below:

Additional agreements

Additional Israeli-Palestinian documents related to the Oslo Accords are:

  • Protocol on Economic Relations, signed in Paris on April 29, 1994,
  • 1994 Cairo Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area (May 4, 1994),
  • 1994 Washington Declaration (July 25, 1994),
  • Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities Between Israel and the PLO (29 August 1994),
  • Protocol on Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities signed at Cairo on August 27, 1995
  • Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo 2), (September 28, 1995)
  • Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron (January 15/January 17, 1997)
  • Wye River Memorandum (October 23, 1998)
  • Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum (September 4, 1999),
  • Taba Summit (January 27, 2001).

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