From the vantage of a quarter-century later, there’s a tragic irony in the history-making vibe that marked the signing of the Oslo peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians.
When President Clinton proclaimed the event a “victory for peace,” he voiced not empty rhetoric, but many people’s fervent expectations. Let us go “from this place to celebrate the dawn of a new era,” Clinton said, “not only for the Middle East but for the entire world.”
