FACT CHECK · PALESTINE: THE NAME AND THE IDENTITY
Claim: Israel's 1993 Oslo text names a Palestinian people
TRUETHE ANSWER
Concede: recognition was of the PLO as negotiating partner, not a state. But Israel's 1993 Declaration of Principles is signed with 'the Palestinian team representing the Palestinian people'.
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- “Israel recognized the plo”
- “Recognized the plo”
- “1993 recognition”
- “Rabin arafat letter”
- “No palestinian people”
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