The Oslo Accords were ‘inherently designed’ to serve Israel’s economic and security dominance over the Palestinians, experts say. Many Palestinians were in a “state of misery”, Ersheid recalled, until the US-brokered accords were announced. Before the accords were signed, Israel mainly dealt with the daily life of Palestinians “from a security perspective”, Ersheid said. But the realities of Israeli occupation and its “brutality” were still very much apparent, prior to the first Intifada, Ersheid added. This fragmentation was “exacerbated by political rifts” over the accords, Khalil said.
