Oslo Accords Trivia Questions

Settlements were also deferred to final status talks; no removal was mandated, and settler population actually grew during the 1990s.

Rabin, Peres, and Arafat shared the prize; it was controversial as many felt Arafat hadn't fully renounced violence.

Signed in 1995, this created a patchwork of zones: full Palestinian control in A, shared in B, and Israeli in C.

Jerusalem's status was deliberately left for final status negotiations, never granted to Palestinians under Oslo.

Hamas rejected the recognition of Israel, while settlers feared withdrawal; both groups later escalated violence to derail the process.

The accords recognized Israel and the PLO mutually, but never used the phrase 'Jewish state'—a later point of contention.

The secret backchannel talks in Norway led to the Declaration of Principles, though the iconic public signing was at the White House in 1993.

The five-year interim period ended in 1998, but the final status agreement was never reached, leading to the Second Intifada.