Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement Is Signed
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands in front of President Bill Clinton after signing the Oslo II agreement Sept. 28, 1995. Jordan’s King Hussein applauds them. (credit: Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0)

September 28, 1995

The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, sometimes referred to as Oslo II, is signed by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat in a ceremony at the White House. The agreement establishes the Palestinian Authority as an elected, self-governing body to oversee Palestinian interests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Its fundamental principle is that neither side should take a unilateral action that would change the status of the Gaza Strip or West Bank.

Rabin is assassinated a little more than a month after the agreement.