“In this sense (although the 2004 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice would, despite Oslo and subsequent agreements, reaffirm Israel's status as occupying power with all the responsibilities for the occupied population that are specified in the key documents of international humanitarian law), the Oslo agreements were designed in part to relieve Israel of many of the burdens of occupation-- as well as the need to police a restive population on a daily basis.” WarPeaceOccupationOsloBds Book:Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation Source: Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
“The Palestinian leadership failed disastrously by not coming up with an alternative to the U.S.-Israeli position at Camp David and subsequent negotiations through the end of the Clinton presidency. It also failed by not explaining what was wrong with the terms being negotiated at Camp David, and how the whole process, from Oslo on, represented the subordination of international law to Israeli demands.” WarPeaceOccupationInternational Law Book:Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation Source: Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation