Israel and PLO exchange recognition letters

Labor’s victory under Yitzhak Rabin altered the diplomatic setting for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Israel expelled more than 400 Palestinians to southern Lebanon, prompting international condemnation.

Secret Israeli-PLO talks in Norway opened a parallel channel to the formal negotiations.

Ten Palestinian organizations meeting in Damascus reject the emerging Israeli-Palestinian agreement. Opposition within the Palestinian national movement reveals competing strategies for liberation and...

The two sides exchanged letters of mutual recognition ahead of the Oslo signing.

Israel and the PLO signed an interim agreement in Washington, deferring major final-status questions.

The PLO and Israel sign the Declaration of Principles in Washington. The interim framework defers Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, borders and security to later negotiations.

The PLO Central Council meets in Tunis over implementation of the Declaration of Principles, amid Palestinian disagreements about the costs and benefits of interim autonomy.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators begin talks on arrangements for limited Palestinian self-rule in Gaza and Jericho; disputes over jurisdiction and security remain central.

US legislation eases certain restrictions on contacts with the PLO in support of the negotiations, illustrating Washington’s role in shaping the diplomatic process.