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The Oslo War is a term used mainly by right-wing Jews for what the rest of the world calls the "Al-Aqsa Intifada" or the "Second Intifada". The name implies a belief that the upsurge in violence resulted not, as most believe, from the failure of the peace process, but rather because the Palestinian side deliberately pursued the Oslo Accords in order to further a violent campaign against Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces codenamed the violence " אירועי גיאות ושפל " ("Ebb and Tide events").
The Israeli "architects" of Oslo are often accused, by those who use this term, of blindness and naivety, letting the Palestinians exploit their good will and betray them. Hardcore architects like Yossi Beilin are accused also of selling Israel's interest for foreign money, disregarding Jewish lives that may be lost because of their acts. There is a common slogan among right-wing activists that calls to investigate the Oslo architects and put them on trial (in Hebrew it reads פושעי אוסלו לדין ). Before the breakout of this violence, those views were held by a small minority but four years of Palestinian violence have resulted in greater popularity for this viewpoint.
The viewpoint has a counterpoint in the widespread belief amongst Palestinians that the peace process duped the Palestinians into abandoning their struggle against Israel in return for benefits that failed to materialise, for example statehood and a freeze on Israeli seizures of Palestinian land, which increased markedly [1] (http://www.fmep.org/reports/2001/v11n1.pdf) under the Accords. [2] (http://www.allaboutpalestine.com/articles/to_die_surrendering.html)
Outbreak of the Oslo War
This conflict between Israel and the Palestinians began in the fall of 2000 and continues to this day following the collapse of the Oslo Accords. It is known by Arabs as the Al-Aqsa Intifada because it broke out when Sharon entered the Temple Mount which Arabs saw as an assault on the Al-Aqsa Mosque. It broke out with rioting refered to by Zionists as The Rosh Hashana Arab Assault just before Rosh Hashana, 5761, on September 28, 2000, when Ariel Sharon ascended The Temple Mount which Arabs used as an excuse for the violence that some people claim they planned to carry out after the failure of the Camp David summit in July, 2000. Some Palestinian officials admitted this claim (see Al-Aqsa Intifada#Prior causes).
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