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Event · Diplomacy4 May 1994

The Gaza–Jericho Agreement

اتفاق غزة–أريحا

Exact day4 May 1994

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When
4 May 1994Exact day
Where
Gaza Strip, Jerichoapproximate position
Weight
86 · Defining momentDeclaration, resolution or agreement
Sources
12 cited passages

On 4 May 1994 Prime Minister Rabin and Chairman Arafat concluded in Cairo the agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area: Israel’s first troop withdrawals, and the Palestinians’ first self-government, under a 24-member Palestinian Authority.

The agreement

The United Nations study records that on 4 May 1994, after months of negotiations implementing the Declaration of Principles, Prime Minister Rabin and Chairman Arafat concluded in Cairo the Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area, which led to Israel’s initial troop withdrawals and transfers of authority to the Palestinians and opened the five-year interim period meant to bring a permanent settlement.1

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Self-government

The agreement provided for Israel’s withdrawal of troops from the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area and the Palestinians’ first ever assumption of self-government: a 24-member Palestinian Authority with legislative and executive powers, and a Palestinian police force of up to 9,000 officers.2

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Within a yearThe Oslo Accords are signed, The Ibrahimi Mosque massacre

Evidence

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The passages cited, numbered as in the story

  1. The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem, Part V: 1989–2000 ↗

    United Nations · section: C. Gaza-Jericho Agreement and related bilateral agreements

    Original-language quotation · en
    on 4 May 1994, the two sides took a major step forward, when Prime Minister Rabin and Chairman Arafat concluded in Cairo the Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area
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  2. The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem, Part V: 1989–2000 ↗

    United Nations · section: C. Gaza-Jericho Agreement and related bilateral agreements

    Original-language quotation · en
    A 24-member Palestinian Authority was established, with legislative and executive powers.
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document · United Nations

The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem, Part V: 1989–2000

The United Nations study prepared for the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, part V, as held by the UN Information System on the Question of Palestine.

Published: date not recordedConsulted: 2026-10-17

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05-04 · occurrence
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