At the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee's Subcommittee on Judea and Samaria, the Sovereignty Movement called for the cancellation of the Oslo Accords, the application of Israeli sovereignty, and the establishment of a State Commission of Inquiry.
Members of the Sovereignty Movement participated today (Thursday, July 9) in a special session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee's Subcommittee on Judea and Samaria, chaired by MK Zvi Sukkot, which addressed violations of the Oslo Accords by the Palestinian Authority and Israel's response.
Representatives of several other organizations also participated, including Regavim, the Shiloh Forum, Habaita, Shomrim Al HaNetzach, and Hatzofot. We were astonished that representatives of the Civil Administration, the National Security Council, and the Ministry of Defense declined to provide substantive answers to any of MK Zvi Sukkot's questions. Our shock only grew when it became clear that no government body systematically monitors or tracks violations of the Oslo Accords. This revelation further strengthens our call for the establishment of a State Commission of Inquiry into the Oslo disaster.
Below is our statement, which includes not only a call to cancel the Oslo Accords and apply Israeli sovereignty, but also a demand to establish a State Commission of Inquiry into the Oslo disaster, to examine how the decisions made in 1993 led to the transfer of weapons, governmental authority, and parts of our homeland into the hands of the enemy:
The Oslo Accords were a national disaster. They legitimized arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat, brought him and his fellow terrorists into the Land of Israel, established governmental and security institutions for them, handed them weapons and parts of our homeland, and paved the way for the creation of a Palestinian state in the heart of our country. The result was the murder of nearly 2,000 Israelis and the wounding of tens of thousands more. Yet to this day, no one has been held accountable.
The problem is not merely that the Palestinian Authority has violated the Oslo Accords. The problem is the Oslo Accords themselves.
The response to Oslo's violations cannot be limited to isolated measures. The only appropriate response is to cancel the Oslo Accords and apply full Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, the Jordan Valley, and the Gaza Strip.
Jewish settlement is essential, and we welcome every new home, farm, and hilltop community. But settlement alone is not a decisive solution—it can be reversed, as demonstrated by the expulsion from Gush Katif and northern Samaria. As long as sovereignty is not applied, the idea of a Palestinian state remains alive, and our enemies continue to believe that even the State of Israel is uncertain about its own rightful claim to this land. Sovereignty is the decisive answer. It is Israel's declaration that Oslo is dead and that the Land of Israel is ours—forever.
This is what the majority of the Israeli public wants. The time has come to close the chapter of Oslo, apply Israeli sovereignty, and establish a State Commission of Inquiry into the Oslo disaster to ensure that this mistake is never repeated and that no Israeli leader will ever again dare to place such ideas on the national agenda.