events
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
Related Wikipedia articles
Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and general. He was the prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. He is the first prime minister to have been born in Mandatory Palestine.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Palestine Liberation Organization
Official representative of Palestinians
The Palestine Liberation Organization is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people in both the occupied Palestinian territories and the diaspora. It is currently represented by the Palestinian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Yasser Arafat
President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004
Yasser Arafat, also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of the State of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
White House
Official residence and workplace of the US president
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Oslo Accords
1993–1995 Israeli–Palestinian peace agreements
The Oslo Accords are a pair of interim agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Taba, Egypt, in 1995. They marked the start of the Oslo process, a peace…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)