20 years on, Oslo Mideast deal seen as false dawn
AFP - Twenty years after the historic Oslo accords, seen then as the cornerstone of an imminent peace settlement, Israelis and Palestinians had to be dragged back to the negotiating table following conflicts and political deadlock.
With Palestinian officials admitting the latest US-brokered talks are "doomed to failure" and Israel stepping up settlement construction, analysts see outside pressure as the only way to reach an agreement.
"Both sides will have to... restrain the extremists. The enemies of peace are within both camps," Yossi Beilin, a mastermind of the Oslo accords, wrote in Israel's Haaretz newspaper.
Pro-settlement ministers in Israel's ruling coalition, including Housing Minister Uri Ariel, oppose any withdrawal from occupied Palestinian territory and even the creation of a state for the Palestinians.
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Next Tuesday will be the 35th anniversary of the Camp David Accords.