The chart below shows the dramatic spike in Israeli victims of terror after Israel signed the famous “Oslo accords” with the PLO in September 1993:
The chart shows the number of Israelis killed in terror attacks in each of the 30 years following 1967, when Israel took control of Judea and Samaria (“the West Bank”) and Gaza.
One might have thought the rate of terrorism would have fallen after the Oslo accords were signed. The opposite was the case.
Which were the four worst years for terror fatalities during this period? In order: 1996, 1994, 1993 and 1995. Each of the years after the Oslo accords was worse than any of the years before them.
The trend changed after the May 1996 election of the Likud party coalition under Binyamin Netanyahu.
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