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A picture taken on September 13, 1993 shows US President Bill Clinton (C) standing between PLO leader Yasser Arafat (R) as he shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin after signing a historic agreement on Palestinian autonomy in the occupied territories. (AFP”)

Opinion: The Oslo Accords and Historical Revisionism

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 18, 2013 | Opinion

The majority of those who have written about the Oslo Accords—whose 20th anniversary went largely unacknowledged last week—are of the view that the agreement is dead, but not yet buried. They are justified in their view that the agreement has been dead for a long...

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A photograph supplied by the Palestinian Authority shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) as he meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Amman, Jordan, 17 July 2013, on his sixth trip to the region in four months in a bid to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. EPA/THAER GANAIM/HANDOUT

Palestinians set to discuss Kerry’s peace plan

by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 18, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat— The Palestinian leadership, represented by the PLO’s Executive Committee, Fatah’s Central Committee, and a number of representatives of several Palestinian movements, is set to hold a decisive meeting headed by Abu Mazen to discuss the peace...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at an opening event of the India-U.S. Higher Education Dialogue in New Delhi, India on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, before heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for a day visit and then on to Kuwait, continuing his Middle East tour. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Kerry seeks to revive peace process amid Palestinian, Israeli doubts

by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 26, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—For the fifth time in four months, US secretary of state John Kerry visited the Middle East in a bid to revive the long-suspended Palestinian–Israeli peace process amid doubts from both sides over the outcome of the US top diplomat’s mission....