This Day in History
On May 4, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO
Chairman Yasser Arafat reached agreement in Cairo on the first stage of
Palestinian self-rule.
The agreement was made in accordance with the Oslo Accords,
signed in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 1993. This was the first direct,
face-to-face agreement between Israel and the Palestinians and it acknowledged
Israel’s right to exist. It was also designed as a framework for future
relations between the two parties.