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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Oslo Accords

A woman walks past the closed offices of the Alkhalej Exchange Company in Ramallah on May 16, 2024. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Nurit Yohanan
Inside story
Nurit Yohanan
The West Bank economy runs on shekels. So why aren’t Palestinian banks accepting them?
For 30 years, Israel has imposed a cap on how many shekels the Palestinian Authority may convert into foreign currency, giving banks a surplus of shekels – and triggering an economic crisis
A woman walks past the closed offices of the Alkhalej Exchange Company in Ramallah on May 16, 2024. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
July 10, 2025, 4:46 am
The West Bank economy runs on shekels. So why aren’t Palestinian banks accepting them?
For 30 years, Israel has imposed a cap on how many shekels the Palestinian Authority may convert into foreign currency, giving banks a surplus of shekels – and triggering an economic crisis
By Nurit Yohanan
21-year-old Muhammad Odeh, from Jaljulia, an Israeli citizen who has been held in Palestinian Authority detention since September 17, 2024. (Courtesy of Abdallah Odeh)
February 20, 2025, 5:47 pm
Israeli citizen detained for months by Palestinian police, in breach of Oslo Accords
Lawyers for 21-year-old Muhammad Odeh say ongoing detention in Nablus ‘puts his life at risk’ as PA holds him without trial; Israeli authorities unresponsive
By Charlie Summers
Former US president Bill Clinton (R) speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2024, in New York City, December 4, 2024. (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
December 5, 2024, 7:51 pm
Bill Clinton: Young Americans shocked to learn Arafat turned down Palestinian state
If ‘you walk away from once in a lifetime peace opportunities, you can’t complain 25 years later when the doors aren’t all still open,’ says former US president
By ToI Staff
Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Shimon Peres, right, going to voting room in Tel Aviv on April 22, 1974 before Labor Party central committee chose Rabin over Peres to form a new government. (AP Photo/Nash)
November 13, 2024, 7:10 pm
In newly released 1974 recording, Rabin pushes for diplomacy alongside military power
On Hebrew anniversary of assassination, Defense Ministry releases audio from IDF meeting in which late PM says calm cannot be achieved through war alone
By ToI Staff
(L-R) PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Mouldi Kefi, and Fatah's ex-Secretary General Farouk Kaddumi hold hands shortly after the Abbas's arrival in Tunis, Tunisia, November 10, 2011. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)
August 23, 2024, 3:40 pm
Farouk Kaddumi, Fatah hardliner who opposed Oslo Accords, dies in Amman at 93
Kaddumi was among Fatah’s founders, supported realignment with Hamas; he served as the faction’s head before fallout with Abbas, whom he accused of killing Arafat
By ToI Staff
Former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk on June 16, 2009 (Ariel Jerozolimski)
July 25, 2024, 11:00 pm
Former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk dies at age 73
Israeli and American leaders eulogize veteran diplomat who dedicated his life to Middle East policy, serving as key figure in Oslo Accords, Obama’s effort to revive peace process
By ToI Staff
Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi in Jerusalem, May 27, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
June 6, 2024, 3:03 am
Palestinian activist wants both sides to see the conflict through each other’s eyes
Samer Sinijlawi maintains that the best way to ensure security for Israelis and dignity for Palestinians after the war is for their respective leaders to become best friends
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
May 23, 2024, 8:52 pm
Norway’s FM: Palestine recognition is an ‘anti-Hamas’ step, pushes two-state vision
Speaking to The Times of Israel, Espen Barth Eide acknowledges move won’t create a state; says it is partly a reaction to Netanyahu policies, but will also weaken Hamas and Iran
By Lazar Berman
Gazan peace activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, March 2024 (courtesy)
April 7, 2024, 3:28 am
US-based Gazan peace activist calls on Palestinians to abandon armed resistance narrative
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib has long advocated for Palestinians to adopt a pragmatic approach for their cause: ‘How many wars will we go through before we try something different?’
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, December 16, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 17, 2023, 1:25 am
Pointing to Hamas’s ‘little state,’ Netanyahu touts his role blocking 2-state solution
Prime minister reiterates rejection of PA taking control of Gaza after war, hinting that US plan is an ‘illusion’ and claiming he may be able to bring Washington around
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Left to right: CNN's Becky Anderson, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis, PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh and Jordan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi attend the panel discussion 'What Now for the Middle East' during the Doha Forum in the Qatari capital on December 10, 2023. (Salim Matramkot/AFP)
December 12, 2023, 9:54 pm
Arab leaders reject international force in post-war Gaza, but offer no alternative
At Doha Forum, Qatari PM says Palestinians don’t need a ‘guardian,’ vows Arab countries won’t send troops; PA’s Shtayyeh says Hamas ‘integral’ to Palestinian society
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, leads a cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on December 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 12, 2023, 7:04 pm
Netanyahu draws outcry for quote equating Oct. 7 toll to Oslo Accords deaths
After criticism by opposition and MK in his party, PM says notion of PA ruling Gaza after war is as dangerous as was bringing PLO officials from Tunisia under 1990s accords
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen during an interview at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 6:02 am
30 years after Oslo, FM Cohen rejects international dictates on Palestinian issue
Foreign minister meets with Norwegian counterpart on anniversary of landmark accords, says normalization is the path forward in the region
By Julia Frankel
Then-US President Bill Clinton looks on as the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands during the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993. (GPO)
September 14, 2023, 3:48 am
Why the Oslo peace process failed – and what it means for future negotiators
30 years ago, the Israelis and Palestinians signed an agreement many thought was set in stone. Now, as it lies battered and seemingly done for, here are the lessons we can draw
By Aaron David Miller
Host Yinon Magal on Channel 14's 'The Patriots' show on August 30, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 31, 2023, 1:17 pm
Right-wing pundit on Rabin murder: ‘When people are silenced, there is violence’
Channel 14’s Yinon Magal under fire for appearing to justify Yigal Amir’s motives in assassinating PM in 1995; last month, panelist on same show called for Amir’s release
By Michael Bachner
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