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and a famous handshake between long-time enemies Yitzhak Rabin,
the Israeli Prime Minister, and Yasser Arafat,
chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, or the PLO,
who were recognised as the official representatives of the Palestinian people by Israel.
The handshake was a public acknowledgement of the Oslo peace process that produced a set of agreements known...
as the Oslo Accords.
The PLO's militant wing had been involved in conflict with Israel for decades leading up to 1993,
and this handshake is the closest both sides have ever come to lasting peace.
Given how far away peace feels at the moment,
we thought it would be a good idea to go back to this period and lift the lid on the secret negotiations that were going on behind the scenes.
and the subsequent events that came afterwards.
You'll see
as we go through the episodes that Oslo tried to address all the issues that remain contentious today.
Things like the status of Jerusalem and Gaza, Israeli settlements, and Palestinian statehood.
So, it's September the 13th, 1993, and after a bloody few years known as the First Intifada,
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Chairman Arafat are sharing the same stage.
We'll be talking about that momentous day on this episode of Newscast.