Modern Australian

Twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords, the prospect of peace in the Middle East remains bleak

  • Written by Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
Twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords, the prospect of peace in the Middle East remains bleakUS President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat sign the historic Oslo accord at the White House in September 1993.Wikicommons/Vince Musi

Looking back on events 25 years ago, when the Oslo Accords were struck on the White House lawn, it is hard to avoid a painful memory.

I was watching from a...