On 25 July 1993 , Israel carried out a week-long military operation in Lebanon to attack Hezbollah positions . On 13 September 1993 , Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) signed the Oslo Accords ( a Declaration of Principles ) on the South Lawn of the White House . The principles established objectives relating to a transfer of authority from Israel to an interim Palestinian Authority , as a prelude to a final treaty establishing a Palestinian state , in exchange for mutual recognition . The DOP established May 1999 as the date by which a permanent status agreement for the West Bank and Gaza Strip would take effect . In February 1994 , Baruch Goldstein , a follower of the Kach party , killed 29 Palestinians and wounded 125 at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron , which became known as the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre . Kach had been barred from participation in the 1992 elections ( on the grounds that the movement was racist ) . It was subsequently made illegal . Israel and the PLO signed the Gaza – Jericho Agreement in May 1994 , and the Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities in August , which began the process of transferring authority from Israel to the Palestinians . On 25 July 1994 , Jordan and Israel signed the Washington Declaration , which formally ended the state of war that had existed between them since 1948 and on 26 October the Israel – Jordan Treaty of Peace , witnessed by US President Bill Clinton
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
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