POLI 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Yitzhak Rabin, Leah Rabin, Palestinian National Council
18 Nov 2018
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November 13, 2018 / the oslo peace negotiations (cont. ) Spoilers and the peace process: spoilers: extremists seeking through violence to derail negotiated transitions, 1994-95: ongoing israel-pa negotiations scheduled israeli troop withdrawals from west. Israel uses border closures and economic pressure for leverage against palestinian populations. Israeli government continues to authorize west bank settlement growth, especially in response to suicide bombings. Assassination and its aftermath: 1993-1995: domestic tensions in israel worsen between pro-peace and anti-peace factions; likud party leader netanyahu leads demonstrators chanting the prime. Minister is a traitor! : november 4, 1995: israeli pm rabin assassinated at pro-peace rally in tel aviv by. Jewish extremist: substantial percentage of israeli population believes that the assassination was not the work of a lone gunman. Bill clinton on rabin, 20 years later (2015: had he lived, yitzhak rabin would have been able to reach a peace deal within three years, because the palestinians trusted him.
