Page "Oslo I Accord" Paragraph 5

From the first negotiations at the 1949 Armistice Agreements to the most recent at the Madrid Conference of 1991, there were many failed attempts for a settlement to bring about a lasting end to the Arab – Israeli and Israeli – Palestinian conflicts.

What made the Oslo Accord negotiations different, however, was the new Israeli government's decision to finally hold face-to-face negotiations with the Palestinian Liberation Organization, as the representative of the Palestinian people.