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30 years ago, a historic handshake took place between Israeli Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Yasser Arafat. The 19/20 info welcomes Charles Enderlein, who was the reporter for France 2 for more than 30 years in the region.
Asked about the deal, Charles Enderlin recognizes that this day of September 13, 1993 was extraordinary. “For me, it had started a little before. The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs brought to Yitzhak Rabin a letter from Yasser Arafat in which the PLO leader recognized Israel. Rabin had signed the same letter recognizing the PLO. The next day, I went to Gaza to see what was happening (…) there was an Israeli JEEP, a kid went to put up a little Palestinian flag and the soldiers did nothing”specifies the journalist.
A historic moment
“At that moment, everyone came out with Israeli flags”, he continues. “I was quite surprised that Rabin decided to go there. We knew that there were discreet negotiations on site (…) suddenly, we had the Oslo agreement, which surprised everyone, including the Americans”advances Charles Enderlin. Asked about the courage of the two men, he approves. “Rabin had to confront the extreme right. On February 25, 1994, a Jewish terrorist murdered 29 Muslims. Afterwards there were still very violent clashes. This massacre was the pretext for the Islamists to launch attacks, and the Israeli public lost confidence in the process.concludes the journalist.