The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation is scheduled to discuss on Sunday a bill submitted by Deputy Knesset Speaker Limor Son Har Melech calling for the cancellation of the Oslo Accords and the formal rejection of any future Palestinian state.
The proposal, introduced by a member of the far‑right Otzma Yehudit party, represents one of the most direct legislative attempts to nullify the 1993 agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
According to Israel’s Channel 7, Son Har Melech argued that the Oslo framework “did not bring peace but terrorism,” and claimed that “the time has come for national correction.”
In a public statement posted on the platform X, she wrote that her party had promised to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state and that “now is the time to encourage settlement in Areas A and B and to cancel the cursed Oslo Accords.”
She confirmed that the bill would be presented during Sunday’s committee meeting, describing it as a necessary first step toward reshaping Israel’s political and territorial approach.
The proposed legislation calls for the official cancellation of the Oslo Accords, a formal declaration rejecting any Palestinian state, and the expansion of Israeli settlement activity into Areas A and B, which are currently under Palestinian civil or partial security administration under the Oslo framework.
If approved by the ministerial committee, the bill would advance to the Knesset for further readings.
Although the Oslo Accords were presented as a transitional framework toward a negotiated final agreement, Israeli governments continued to expand illegal colonies, confiscate Palestinian land, and impose new territorial realities throughout the 1990s, even while direct negotiations were underway.
Data from Israeli and international monitoring groups show that settlement construction increased during the Oslo years, bypass roads were built to connect colonies, and large areas of Palestinian land were declared “state land” or seized for military purposes.
Palestinian officials and human rights organizations have long argued that these actions violated the spirit and obligations of the accords and undermined the possibility of reaching any meaningful final‑status agreement.
The Oslo Accords, formally titled the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self‑Government Arrangements, were signed in Washington on 13 September 1993.
The signing ceremony was attended by the then PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, the then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and the then U.S. President Bill Clinton.
The agreement established the Palestinian Authority, divided the West Bank into Areas A, B, and C, and set a five‑year transitional period intended to lead to final‑status negotiations, which never materialized.
