Agreement Israel Palestine

For nearly two decades, the United States has explicitly supported a two-state solution that requires separate Israeli and Palestinian states, with borders similar to those before the 1967 war, including the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and parts of East Jerusalem. Clinton`s parameters provided the outlines of the creation of a Palestinian state and the resolution of other final status issues. George W. Bush was the first U.S. president to publicly support a Palestinian state represented in the 2003 plan presented by the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations. The Obama administration also tried to promote a two-state solution, but talks failed in 2014 on differences of opinion on settlements, the release of Palestinian prisoners and other issues. In 2016, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry outlined the principles of a two-state solution based on these final status discussions. But the agreement triggered an immediate counter-reaction in the region of opposing parts of the ideological spectrum.

At least some Israeli settlers and their political allies were disappointed that Mr. Netanyahu abandoned his plan to claim west Bank sovereignty, while the Palestinians felt abandoned by an Arab nation that, even without the threat of annexation, locked them in an unsustainable status quo. The two nations agreed to normalize relations by allowing travel, trade and, finally, the opening of diplomatic offices. Representatives of the two countries will meet soon to begin signing agreements, he said in a joint statement. With or without a peace agreement with the Palestinians. The partial normalization of Arab relations with Israel – a significant transfer of influence over Palestinian rights in the service of other Arab interests – occurs if the rifts between Israel and the Palestinians continue to widen. These postponements make it even more difficult to reach a negotiated agreement. The exclusion of Jerusalem and settlements from the territories to be transferred to the Palestinians would not alter the Israeli presence, including the army, to protect them, without a negotiated agreement.

The agreements also preserve Israel`s exclusive control of the borders, airspace and territorial waters of the Gaza Strip. Oslo II, Article XII: Sinai was repatriated to Egypt in 1979 as part of an Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement, but the rest of the occupied territories remained under Israeli control. A group of Israelis called for the permanent annexation of these areas, and in the late 1970s, nationalist Jewish settlers moved into the territories to achieve this goal.