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The Oslo Accords in 10 Minutes
Witness the moment when a secret backchannel in Norway nearly rewrote the future of the Middle East in our episode on the Oslo Accords. In this installment, we explore the dramatic events of 1993, when Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat—once bitter enemies—shook hands on the White House lawn, signaling a historic shift toward mutual recognition. We'll unpack the core mechanism of the Accords: the "land for peace" framework that established the Palestinian Authority and created a phased plan for Israeli withdrawal from parts of the West Bank and Gaza.
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