The Oslo Accords were a series of agreements between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1990s.

They were the result of secret negotiations held in Oslo, Norway, facilitated by the Norwegian government.

The first agreement, the Declaration of Principles, was signed at the White House in Washington, D.C., in 1993.

The signing was marked by a historic handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat.

The accords established the Palestinian Authority (PA) and granted it limited self-governance over parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The agreements were based on the principle of a five-year interim period during which 'final status' issues like borders and the status of Jerusalem would be negotiated.

For their efforts, Rabin, Arafat, and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres were jointly awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.

The peace process was met with powerful opposition from extremists on both sides.

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 by an Israeli extremist was a major blow to the process.

The Oslo Accords ultimately failed to achieve a final peace settlement, but they remain a landmark attempt at resolving the conflict.