Rabin, Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule 20 years ago this hour (Sep 28 1995)

1990s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Middle East Peace Signing Ceremony'

(Tuesday, September 19, 1995, 12:23 p.m. EDT) — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord today at the White House ending Israel’s military occupation of West Bank cities and laying the foundation for a Palestinian state.