Coalition MKs push nullification of Oslo Accords, settlement of areas allotted to PA

Members of the ruling coalition push bill which would cancel the Oslo Accords and subsequent agreements with the PLO, paving the way for Jewish settlement of Areas A and B in Judea and Samaria.

By World Israel News Staff

Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation convened on Sunday to discuss a bill that would cancel the Oslo Accords, the Hebron Protocol and the Wye River Memorandum, paving the way for the expansion of Jewish settlement into parts of Judea and Samaria currently administered by the Palestinian Authority.

The bill was submitted by Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech, with the backing of the faction’s other MKs.

It proposes annulling all agreements signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority, and repealing Israeli legislation passed to implement them.

The proposal says the agreements would no longer bind the state or its representatives. Its explanatory notes argue that Oslo harmed Israel’s security and helped create the conditions that led to the October 7 attack.

“The Oslo Accords did not bring peace, but terrorism; not security, but Jewish blood spilled in streets, communities, and cities across Israel,” Son Har-Melech said ahead of the discussion.

She said Israel must “free itself from these failed agreements” and restore “full responsibility for the security of its citizens and its sovereignty.”

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) backed the measure, calling the Oslo Accords “a national disaster.”

“After thirty years, it is time to say clearly: the concept collapsed, Oslo is dead, and Israel must free itself from these dangerous agreements,” Ben0Gvir said.

The bill comes amid a broader push on Israel’s right to dismantle the Oslo framework and weaken or abolish the Palestinian Authority. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in February that one of his goals for the next government term was “the cancellation of the cursed Oslo Accords” and a move toward Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.

Despite support from a number of coalition members, including some within the ruling Likud party, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted not to grant its backing for the bill, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged ministers to prevent the measure from gaining formal coalition backing.