Reactions inside and outside of Israel caused a statement by the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu which is alleged to compared the Oslo Accords to the October 7 attacks by Hamas. The 1993 Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization led to the creation of the Palestinian Authority and established limited Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israeli media reported that during last night’s meeting of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Netanyahu stated that since the Oslo Accords were signed the number of Israelis who have been killed is similar to the number of those killed in Hamas attacks of October 7, “albeit over a longer period of time”, as reported by APE-MPE. According to Israeli authorities, at least 1,200 people were killed in these attacks by Hamas.
According to news website Ynet, the leader of the Labor Party strongly reacted to this comparison. And opposition leader Yair Lapid criticized Netanyahu for that statement: “It is impossible to understand the level of detachment and cynicism of the prime minister, who runs a malignant wartime political campaign, in order to absolve himself of responsibility, blame others and create hatred. The nation deserves a different leadership,” he stressed.
Today, the Israeli Prime Minister stressed that he will not allow Israel to “repeat the mistake of Oslo”, referring to the Accords. However, he did not specify what these errors are. Speaking about the different positions of Israel and the US on the post-war era in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli prime minister emphasized: “Yes, there is a dispute regarding the “next day of Hamas” and I hope that we will reach an agreement here as well”, adds Netanyahu. “I want to make my position clear: I will not allow Israel to repeat the mistake of Oslo.”
A senior Palestinian Authority official said today that Netanyahu’s statements equating the Oslo Accords with what happened on October 7 “confirm that is waging its war against all Palestinians.” “We tell Netanyahu that Oslo died under the tracks of his tanks, sweeping cities, villages and our camps from Jenin to Rafah,” Hussein al-Sheikh said in a post on X
Source: News Beast
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